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Bandon Surf Forecast

South Oregon Coast, OR · Sea-stack beachbreak off Coquille Point - moody and scenic.

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Bandon Spot Guide

Best swell

W
window SSW–NNW (195°–330°)

Ideal size

2–10 ft
breaking-wave face height

Best wind

E
offshore · W is onshore

Verified against

Buoy 46015
live NOAA readings · our error

The wave

BreakBeachbreak among sea stacks
BottomSand
WavesShifting peaks, heavy on winter groundswell
AbilitySummer only, with a thick wetsuit and rip awareness; winter is experienced surfers' territory.
Best tideMid — the bars connect best away from the extremes
CrowdA handful of locals; the sea stacks get more photographers than the lineup gets surfers
HazardsCold water year-round, strong rips between the stacks, sharky reputation like the whole south coast
AccessPark at Coquille Point or Face Rock viewpoints and pick a peak from the bluff

Local knowledge

Bandon's beach breaks around a gallery of sea stacks below Coquille Point — one of the most photographed stretches of the Oregon coast, and one of its moodier surf zones. The stacks break up the sandbars into defined peaks and offer a little wind protection, but this is still the open North Pacific: raw, cold, and rarely tidy.

Summer and early fall bring the manageable days, when NW windswell drops to head-high and the wind backs off in the morning. Winter is all power — 20-second Aleutian groundswell that closes out the bars and sends everyone to watch from the bluff instead.

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FAQ

What swell direction works best at Bandon?

W swell hits Bandon straight on. The spot picks up anything arriving from SSW (195°) through NNW (330°); swell from outside that window is blocked by the coastline.

What wind is best at Bandon?

E wind blows offshore and grooms the surf. W wind is straight onshore and chops it up; light wind under ~5 kn is fine from any direction.

When is the best time of year to surf Bandon?

Fall through winter (October-March), when North Pacific storms send consistent NW groundswell. Early fall usually has the best swell-to-conditions ratio; summer is the small season.

What's the best tide at Bandon?

Mid — the bars connect best away from the extremes. Tide predictions for the spot's NOAA station are in the forecast above.

Is Bandon good for beginners?

Summer only, with a thick wetsuit and rip awareness; winter is experienced surfers' territory.

How warm is the water at Bandon?

Roughly 47°F at its late-winter coldest to about 58°F in late summer. In practice that means a hooded 4/3 or 5/4 in winter and a 3/2 in summer. The forecast above shows the current water temperature.

How far out is this forecast reliable?

The wave model has real skill to about 10 days, and we cut the chart there instead of padding it with guesses. Days 1-3 are solid, 4-7 useful, 8-10 a trend heads-up - and we publish our measured error against NOAA buoys, updated continuously.

Forecast from TrueSwell's own physics-based wave model (exposure → refraction → breaking, every swell train separately), built on public NOAA and Open-Meteo data and scored daily against NDBC buoy observations. How the model works →