Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.45° N 122.44° W

Francis Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Francis Beach sea temperature is
16.7°C
2.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Francis Beach today (18 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Francis Beach at 7PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)--
Afternoon (18 Oct)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (18 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
13
1.5
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
12
1.4
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.1
WNW
11
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
1.1
WNW
14
1.3
WNW
13
1.5
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
846
831
626
615
615
774
599
589
514
429
325
425
436
318
318
492
590
629
727
680
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
E
0
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
off
off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
4:21PM1.36m
7:27AM1.29m
5:34PM1.34m
7:56AM1.36m
6:42PM1.35m
Low Tide
11:38AM1.07m
11:53PM0.20m
12:44PM0.97m
00:47AM0.21m
1:35PM0.83m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
6:29
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:27
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:25
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
14
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
15
16
16
15
14
Feels °C
12
11
10
9
9
9
10
11
12
11
12
13
13
12
12
14
14
14
14
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Francis Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest