Sewer Peak surf report and forecast
Forecast for the selected hour
Now · 2am
3–4 ft · sets to 6
GoodBest today All day (7am–7pm)
Nothing is clearly limiting, but the swell is near, not in, its window.
The wave field solved for this hour on the real seafloor, playing forward. A model, not a camera.
Loads when it comes into view.The wave field solved for this hour on the real seafloor, playing forward. A model, not a camera.
This hour
The 2am readingSwell, wind, tide, breaker, energy, water
- Swell2.9 ft · 15 s · SSWMakes the wave: 95% of the energy. Direction at the break.
- Wind6 mph from the NNWOffshore to a shoreline facing 162°Moderate
- Tide1.2 ft, risingNext high 4.1 ft at 7:44am · NAVD88, NOAA 9413450 observed
- BreakerPlungingBreaks in about 7 ft of water
- Energy176 kJHeight² × period²Moderate
- Water65° · air 55° · UV 0
High confidence.
Best windowAll day (7am–7pm)
Against what Sewer Peak likesWhy it is Good, not Epic
Preferred tide and swell are surfer-consensus notes for this spot, not yet reviewed against measurements. Wind is judged by the general rule (light or offshore helps). No percent match: these are plain states and reasons.
Nearby at 2amPleasure Point, Second Peak and 3 more
The break
The seafloorRock reef (Miocene mudstone — does not move)
Shallow is light, deep is dark; contours every few feet; the relief is exaggerated.
- Bottomrock reef (Miocene mudstone — does not move)
- DepthCUDEM 1/9 arc-second (2023), relative to NAVD88. Depth shown is below the selected hour’s tide.
- CoverageRock reef and headland shapes resolve well. Nearshore sandbars are interpolated flat in this dataset, so a beachbreak’s bar is not in the picture. A tile’s year is its publication, not the survey date.
Why it breaks like thisOne swell, uncrossed, the seafloor focuses it, where it trips
Read from the current hour (today at 2am). Each number, and what it does to the wave.
One swell, uncrossed
2.9 ft at 15s from the SSW and nothing significant crossing it.
A single train is the cleanest case there is: the sets arrive from one angle, so the peak should sit in the same place each time instead of wandering. Why period matters more than height
The seafloor focuses it
Kr 1.08 · 86% of modelled rays break.
Contours underneath are bending wave energy together into a band. That concentration is the peak, and it's why this spot can be noticeably bigger than its neighbours on the same swell. Why two breaks a mile apart differ
Where it trips
1.2 ft of tide; waves are breaking in about 7 ft of water.
A wave breaks when the water gets shallow enough relative to its height, so that depth is a contour on the seafloor, and the tide slides the whole break up and down it through the day. Same swell, different spot, a few hours apart. How the tide moves the break
Wind is offshore
6 mph from the NNW, against a shoreline facing 162°.
Blowing from the land into the face, holding the wave up as it stands. That is what grooms it and gives you the clean, hollow version of this spot.
How the sets come
About one set every 3 min, roughly 12 waves in it.
Swell arrives in groups, not evenly. That spacing is what you are really timing your paddle-out to, and it's why the lineup can look flat for minutes and then produce five waves at once.
How Sewer Peak worksTop of the point
Top of the point — the steepest, most competitive peak on the stretch. Bowls up and demands commitment.
- Best tidelow to mid
- Best swellSW groundswell
- Suitsadvanced
1 swell train in the current hour · How this is calculated
Common questions4 questions about Sewer Peak
- What is the best tide for Sewer Peak?
- Sewer Peak works best on low to mid tide. Tide matters because depth is what trips a wave: as the water fills in, the break slides shoreward onto a different part of the bottom, and over a shallow bank enough water stops it breaking at all. Our forecast solves each hour at that hour's real water level rather than assuming one.
- What swell direction is best for Sewer Peak?
- SW groundswell suits Sewer Peak best. The direction that matters is the one at the break, not the one on the buoy: the seafloor bends swell on its way in, so a spot can work on an angle the open coast is missing. We model that bending for each break rather than reporting the offshore direction.
- Is Sewer Peak good for beginners?
- Sewer Peak suits advanced surfers, over rock reef. That is the wave this bottom makes on an average day, and it moves: the same break is a different proposition on a bigger swell or a different tide, so read the day's forecast rather than the label.
- What is the bottom like at Sewer Peak?
- rock reef (Miocene mudstone — does not move). It is the reason this break behaves the way it does: the shape of the seabed decides where the swell focuses, where it trips, and whether it spills or pitches. We model Sewer Peak on real 10-foot bathymetry instead of treating the seafloor as a slope.