Warmest sea within 3h drive of San Francisco
Live water temperatures from Open-Meteo Marine, ranked by warmth. Drive times estimate motorway-blended travel (≈ 80 km/h). Pick a different radius to widen or narrow your weekend search.
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- 1Baker BeachSan Francisco, United States · Pacific Ocean6 km · 0.1h—
- 2Ocean BeachSan Francisco, United States · Pacific Ocean8 km · 0.1h—
- 3Ocean Beach SFSan Francisco, United States · Pacific Ocean8 km · 0.1h—
- 4Muir BeachMuir Beach, United States · Pacific Ocean17 km · 0.2h—
- 5Pacifica State BeachPacifica, United States · Pacific Ocean21 km · 0.3h—
- 6Gray Whale CoveHalf Moon Bay, United States · Pacific Ocean24 km · 0.3h—
- 7Stinson BeachStinson Beach, United States · Pacific Ocean24 km · 0.3h—
- 8Montara State BeachMontara, United States · Pacific Ocean26 km · 0.3h—
- 9Bolinas BeachBolinas, United States · Pacific Ocean28 km · 0.3h—
- 10Half Moon Bay BeachHalf Moon Bay, United States · Pacific Ocean35 km · 0.4h—
- 11Half Moon BayHalf Moon Bay, United States · Pacific Ocean35 km · 0.4h—
- 12Pescadero State BeachPescadero, United States · Pacific Ocean57 km · 0.7h—
- 13Santa Cruz Main BeachSanta Cruz, United States · Pacific Ocean97 km · 1.2h—
- 14Capitola BeachCapitola, United States · Pacific Ocean98 km · 1.2h—
- 15Manresa State BeachLa Selva Beach, United States · Pacific Ocean107 km · 1.3h—
- 16Sunset State BeachWatsonville, United States · Pacific Ocean112 km · 1.4h—
- 17Monterey State BeachMonterey, United States · Pacific Ocean139 km · 1.7h—
- 18Carmel BeachCarmel, United States · Pacific Ocean142 km · 1.8h—
- 19Carmel BeachCarmel, United States · Pacific Ocean142 km · 1.8h—
- 20Pfeiffer BeachBig Sur, United States · Pacific Ocean179 km · 2.2h—
- 21Pfeiffer BeachBig Sur, United States · Pacific Ocean179 km · 2.2h—
About this list
We benchmark every beach in our database against San Francisco using great-circle (haversine) distance, then re-rank by today's actual sea temperature returned by Open-Meteo Marine. If a grid cell does not return a fresh value, we leave it blank instead of substituting a seasonal average.
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