Gold Bluffs Beach Surf Forecast
Northern California
Current Conditions
Poor - FairNever miss a good day at Gold Bluffs Beach
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Spot Guide
Gold Bluffs Beach is a wild, remote stretch of coast within Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, backed by towering bluffs and ancient redwoods. The beach receives powerful NW swells that create unpredictable, heavy beach break conditions. State Parks warns that water activities are unsafe here due to dangerous shorebreak, sudden drop-offs, and powerful rip currents. The extreme remoteness — accessed only by a rough unpaved road — means help is far away.
Forecast Charts
Daily Forecast
Afternoon is the play — morning is only poor at 4-5ft. Afternoon shapes up better with 4-5ft and fair conditions.
Skip the dawn patrol — 4-5ft and fair - good early on. Things come together by the afternoon with 4-5ft at good.
Dawn patrol is the move — 4-5ft on NW swell at 9s with calm winds. Conditions go downhill through the afternoon.
First light looks cleanest — 3-4ft on NW swell at 9s with calm winds. It gets a bit messier later in the day.
Midday is the call — 2-3ft waves with glassy conditions and fair conditions. Morning is a bit bumpy but things clean up by late morning.
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