Spots/United States/California/New Brighton Reef

New Brighton Reef surf report & forecast

36.98, -121.94

New Brighton Reef is a surf spot in California, United States, facing southeast. Live Glyph Score, hourly conditions and the 7-day forecast.

Right nowForecast · 15:55

Updated 10h ago

19GLYPH SCORE
FLAT.

Save your wax — better windows are coming.

Sea 3.5ft @ 11s W, holding · light texture (8kt SW cross-shore) · low tide 9 PM

SWELL
3.5ft · 11s
WIND
8kt SW
WAVE
3.5ft
DIR
SW

Next hours

FREE
3 PM
19
3–4ft
SW
5 PM
21
3–4ft
W
Tomorrow · 6 AM
53
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 8 AM
58
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 10 AM
63
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 12 PM
67
3–4ft
SW

7-day forecast

FREE · NO ACCOUNT NEEDED
DAY
SCORE
SWELL
AM · PM
RATING
Fri
Oct 30
20
3.6ft
— · 20
FLAT
Sat
Oct 31
65
3.3ft
58 · 63
GO
Sun
Nov 1
68
4.6ft
64 · 29
GO
Mon
Nov 2
29
5.4ft
27 · 29
FLAT
Tue
Nov 3
28
5.4ft
28 · 25
FLAT
Wed
Nov 4
25
5.1ft
26 · 26
FLAT
Thu
Nov 5
26
4.7ft
26 · 24
FLAT

Tide & daylight

NOAA TIDES
LOW
21:00
HIGH
15:00
SUNRISE
07:29
SUNSET
18:12
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Surfing New Brighton Reef

New Brighton Reef surf break, California, United States

Cover photo: Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0

New Brighton Reef is a surf break tracked live by Surf Glyph. The report above turns the swell model — wave height, period and direction — plus wind and tide into a single glyph score, so you can tell at a glance whether it's worth paddling out.

Early morning, before the wind comes up. Aim for a light offshore around dawn on a mid-to-low pushing tide with a clean groundswell — that combination produces the cleanest, most makeable peaks.

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