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Francis Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 PST
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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 1AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212121213131212121211119101011111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27733264357845443233276024792483224618661369109212331493185827782715319016591186846647477349
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
WNW
45
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
20
WSW
10
SSW
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
40
NW
55
NW
55
NW
45
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:17PM
1.52
10:40AM
1.71
11:43PM
1.59
11:26AM
1.60
12:12AM
1.66
12:18PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
-0.09
4:47AM
0.59
5:11PM
-0.01
5:29AM
0.47
5:43PM
0.12
6:16AM
0.35
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------5:52-------5:52-------5:53
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2221--21--28121---------
Temp. °C9888910101110988881010101098791010
Feels °C (?)1-2-3-1123455212-1-2-202244688
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