Oceanana Pier Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Oceanana Pier is most often good on a 4–6 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with light wind from the NE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 4–6 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | light wind from the NE |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-30 11:20 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 3.9 ft |
| Dominant period | 7s |
| Swell direction | S (189°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41025 (80 mi away) |
| Wind | 4 kt from the NNE — NDBC BFTN7 (4 mi away) |
Oceanana Pier 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Oceanana Pier from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 30 | 2–3 ft | 7s S | 9 kt SE |
| Fri Jul 31 | 2–3 ft | 7s S | 10 kt S |
| Sat Aug 1 | 2–3 ft | 6s S | 10 kt SSE |
| Sun Aug 2 | 3–5 ft | 7s SE | 15 kt S |
| Mon Aug 3 | 4–6 ft | 7s S | 16 kt SSW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 3–4 ft | 6s S | 13 kt SSW |
| Wed Aug 5 | 2–4 ft | 6s SSE | 11 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8656483 (Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab), the nearest tide station (4 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:21 — High 3.232 ft
- 2026-06-06 06:45 — Low 0.423 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:48 — High 2.588 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:40 — Low 0.561 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:02 — High 3.152 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:31 — Low 0.342 ft
Frequently asked
Is Oceanana Pier good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:20 UTC), Oceanana Pier is looking good: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the S matches its ideal S direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the NE.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Oceanana Pier come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 41025) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Oceanana Pier?
Oceanana Pier is most often good on a 4–6 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with light wind from the NE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Oceanana Pier is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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