Pacific Beach, United States

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Pacific Beach, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Pacific Beach

Pacific Beach is a town in Washington, United States. From Pacific Beach you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Moclips, a surf spot 3.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 87 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is OLM, 102 km away.

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Staying in Pacific Beach

  • 87 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: OLM, 102 km, TIW, 123 km, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA), 145 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Pacific Beach. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Pacific Beach too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Pacific Beach: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Cape Elizabeth18.6 kmabout 35 min by car7 ft718 kJwind from the south-south-east, 2 knots, good6 ft376 kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots, fair4 ft158 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, too small3 ft119 kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots, too small6 ft701 kJwind from the north, 2 knots, poor6 ft354 kJwind from the west, 4 knots, fair5 ft247 kJwind from the east-south-east, 22 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Cape Elizabeth: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Cape Elizabeth, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct59, good7 ft9 ssoft718kJwind from the south-south-east, 2 knots11°C
Mon 19Oct39, fair6 ft8 ssoft376kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots12°C
Tue 20Oct25, too small4 ft7 smushy158kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots12°C
Wed 21Oct16, too small3 ft8 smushy119kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots11°C
Thu 22Oct34, poor6 ft10 ssoft701kJwind from the north, 2 knots12°C
Fri 23Oct37, fair6 ft8 ssoft354kJwind from the west, 4 knots11°C
Sat 24Oct29, too small5 ft8 smushy247kJwind from the east-south-east, 22 knots, offshore9°C
Moclips3.2 kmabout 10 min by car7 ft718 kJwind from the south, 2 knots, good6 ft413 kJwind from the east-south-east, 6 knots, fair3 ft103 kJwind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore, too small4 ft121 kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots, too small6 ft673 kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots, fair6 ft468 kJwind from the north-north-west, 9 knots, fair5 ft247 kJwind from the east, 16 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Moclips: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Moclips, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct59, good7 ft9 ssoft718kJwind from the south, 2 knots12°C
Mon 19Oct43, fair6 ft8 ssoft413kJwind from the east-south-east, 6 knots13°C
Tue 20Oct21, too small3 ft7 smushy103kJwind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore13°C
Wed 21Oct16, too small4 ft7 smushy121kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots12°C
Thu 22Oct37, fair6 ft10 ssoft673kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots12°C
Fri 23Oct45, fair6 ft8 ssoft468kJwind from the north-north-west, 9 knots11°C
Sat 24Oct31, too small5 ft8 smushy247kJwind from the east, 16 knots, offshore10°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Pacific Beach, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Pacific Beach. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots that stay in Pacific Beach from further out: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
The Cape28.1 kmabout 50 min by car7 ft703 kJwind from the west, 4 knots, good6 ft363 kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots, fair4 ft130 kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots, too small3 ft97 kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots, too small6 ft652 kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots, poor5 ft325 kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, fair5 ft231 kJwind from the east-south-east, 21 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for The Cape: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at The Cape, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct62, good7 ft9 ssoft703kJwind from the west, 4 knots11°C
Mon 19Oct39, fair6 ft8 ssoft363kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots12°C
Tue 20Oct26, too small4 ft6 smushy130kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots10°C
Wed 21Oct14, too small3 ft9 ssoft97kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots11°C
Thu 22Oct33, poor6 ft10 ssoft652kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots12°C
Fri 23Oct37, fair5 ft8 smushy325kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots11°C
Sat 24Oct32, too small5 ft8 smushy231kJwind from the east-south-east, 21 knots, offshore9°C

Places to eat near Pacific Beach

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits