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When a longer-period W-WNW swell arrives with an easterly / ENE breeze the beach cleans up and holds mid-tide.
Shorter wind-swell and onshore north or northwest winds typically make the zone choppy and close out.
Surf GuideOregon
Newport - South Beach
A wide, shifting sandbar beachbreak south of the Yaquina Bay jetties that turns west/southwest groundswells into lefts and rights with some push when the sand lines up. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Newport - South Beach in Oregon.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelAll levels
LocationOregon, US
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Strong rip corridors form near the south jetty and the lineup can move laterally as sandbars shoal and reform.
Expect the busiest peak crowds near the main access points.
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