Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.99° N 122.16° W

4 Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's 4 Mile sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.5° 

4 Mile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at 4 Mile today (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 20s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for 4 Mile at 2PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (16 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)20s

Table - waves today at 4 Mile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
20
0.8
SSW
20
0.8
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
1
SSW
17
1.5
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
1.7
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
2
WNW
12
2
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
305
301
301
301
395
507
502
528
469
559
553
670
713
662
632
745
711
1174
723
689
1063
974
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
SE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:00PM1.83m
6:19AM1.49m
3:01PM1.75m
7:13AM1.54m
4:16PM1.69m
Low Tide
7:50AM1.39m
10:11PM0.54m
9:11AM1.44m
11:15PM0.56m
11:02AM1.43m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
21
26
28
28
26
23
23
23
24
27
28
27
22
19
17
16
15
17
18
17
13
12
Feels °C
18
24
25
25
23
20
20
20
21
23
23
22
18
17
15
14
13
14
14
13
9
9
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