Francis Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 PDT
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Francis Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Francis Beach sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Francis Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Francis Beach at 2PM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (10 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (10 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Francis Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.4
NW
0.6
SSW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)101099999101291212121912191818181881888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1432126181694813011104513419232192267216216251212231182178213207255204238209
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
1.04
4:12AM
1.46
8:14PM
1.11
5:19AM
1.45
8:55PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.24
10:25PM
1.05
12:05PM
0.22
12:02AM
1.08
1:12PM
0.17
1:16AM
1.03
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise7:28-------7:26-------7:24-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:12-------7:13----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91112111010101010141817141414141417211713111111
Feels °C (?)576556788111412101112121215171210899
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