Lincoln City · Lincoln County · Oregon
Taft Surf Report & Forecast, Siletz Rivermouth, Oregon
Taft, Siletz Rivermouth, Oregon: 13–15 ft, double overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 10.0 ft at 13 seconds from the west, with a 12 mph cross-shore wind from the south-southeast, gusting 20 mph. Water is about 55°F, so a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion; the next low tide is 0.0 ft at 7 pm.
13–15 ft
double overhead · occasional 16 ft
- Swell
- 10.0 ft · 13 s · W
- Wind
- 12 mph (SSE), gusts 20cross-shore
- Tide
- 7.3 ft fallinglow 0.0 ft at 7 pm
- Water
- 55°F4/3–5/4 hooded
- Air
- 53°Ffeels like 43°F
- Sun
- rise 7:05 amset 4:54 pm
Taft surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Taft: 7 am, Great, on a rising low tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Taft: 7 am, Fair, on a rising low tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 13–15 ft | Great | 11 mph offshore (SE), gusts 18 | 3.0 ft |
| 8 am | 13–15 ft | Great | 12 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 19 | 4.0 ft |
| 9 am | 13–15 ft | Great | 11 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 18 | 5.3 ft |
| 10 am | 13–15 ft | Great | 12 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 20 | 6.5 ft |
| 11 am | 12–14 ft | Great | 13 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 21 | 7.3 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 11–13 ft | Good | 17 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 28 | 7.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor to Fair | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 35 | 6.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 25 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 42 | 5.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 9–10 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 37 | 4.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 8–9 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 37 | 2.7 ft |
| 5 pm | 7–8 ft | Poor | 21 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 36 | 1.3 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 11–13 ft | Fair | 18 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 29 | 2.9 ft |
| 8 am | 12–13 ft | Poor to Fair | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 33 | 3.5 ft |
| 9 am | 12–14 ft | Fair | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 33 | 4.6 ft |
| 10 am | 13–15 ft | Fair | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 33 | 5.8 ft |
| 11 am | 13–15 ft | Poor to Fair | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 34 | 6.9 ft |
| 12 pm | 13–15 ft | Poor to Fair | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 7.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 12–14 ft | Poor to Fair | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 35 | 7.1 ft |
| 2 pm | 13–15 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 6.2 ft |
| 3 pm | 13–15 ft | Poor to Fair | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 5.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 12–14 ft | Poor to Fair | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 3.5 ft |
| 5 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor to Fair | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 2.0 ft |
Taft waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Taft arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 14.5 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 37 s
- Lulls
- about 129 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 95% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.4 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Taft surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Taft: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 17–21 ft, and the best-rated day is Tuesday, Nov 17 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 17–21 ft and Fair; Sunday, Nov 15, 12–17 ft and Fair.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Taft are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 7–15 ft | Great | 12.0 ft · 13 s · W | 12 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 19 | 25 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 42 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 11–15 ft | Fair | 9.5 ft · 13 s · WSW | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 33 | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 12–15 ft | Good | 10.6 ft · 13 s · WSW | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 33 | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 31 | 5 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 12–16 ft | Great | 12.1 ft · 14 s · W | 9 mph cross-shore (SSE) | 11 mph cross-shore (S) | 12 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 11–15 ft | Fair | 7.7 ft · 15 s · W | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 28 | 32 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 42 | 7 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 17–21 ft | Fair | 21.1 ft · 18 s · W | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 28 | 23 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 28 | 4 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 12–17 ft | Fair | 11.7 ft · 15 s · W | 23 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 39 | 17 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 28 | 4 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 15–19 ft | Good | 18.2 ft · 15 s · W | 12 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 23 | 23 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 44 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 12–17 ft | Great | — | 9 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 15 | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 13–16 ft | Great | — | 12 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 19 | 9 mph onshore (NW) | 4 pm |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Taft are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Taft tide chart and tide times
Tides at Taft today, Monday, Nov 9: high 6.1 ft at 12:30 am, low 2.6 ft at 5:58 am, high 7.4 ft at 11:35 am and low 0.0 ft at 7 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 7.3 ft and falling.
Taft tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | High 6.1 ft at 12:30 amLow 2.6 ft at 5:58 amHigh 7.4 ft at 11:35 amLow 0.0 ft at 7 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 5.9 ft at 1:20 amLow 2.8 ft at 6:34 amHigh 7.3 ft at 12:08 pmLow 0.1 ft at 7:36 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 6.0 ft at 2:06 amLow 3.3 ft at 7:05 amHigh 7.4 ft at 12:33 pmLow 0.3 ft at 8:11 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 5.8 ft at 2:42 amLow 3.4 ft at 7:44 amHigh 7.1 ft at 1:08 pmLow 0.5 ft at 8:48 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 6.0 ft at 3:29 amLow 4.0 ft at 8:19 amHigh 7.5 ft at 1:50 pmLow 1.4 ft at 9:34 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 6.3 ft at 4:25 amLow 4.4 ft at 9:06 amHigh 7.4 ft at 2:29 pmLow 1.7 ft at 10:20 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 6.2 ft at 5:13 amLow 4.3 ft at 10:15 amHigh 6.6 ft at 3:10 pmLow 1.3 ft at 11:11 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 5.7 ft at 6:10 amLow 3.6 ft at 11:30 amHigh 5.8 ft at 4:16 pmLow 1.3 ft at 11:55 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 5.9 ft at 6:55 amLow 3.3 ft at 12:48 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Taft water temperature
The water temperature at Taft is about 55°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 43°F and a 12 mph wind, a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 54 and 55°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Taft
- Nelscott Reef1.6 mi N · 13–14 ft · Poor
- Lincoln City3.2 mi N · 13–15 ft · Great
- Gleneden Beach3.3 mi S · 12–14 ft · Great
- Roads End4.9 mi N · 12–14 ft · Great
- Boiler Bay6.8 mi SSW · 8–9 ft · Good
- Otter Rock13 mi S · 11–12 ft · Great
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About Taft
Taft is a rivermouth in Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon, facing west. Also called Siletz Bay and Taft Beach.
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