Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.56° N 121.95° W

Ghost Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ghost Tree sea temperature is
18.5°C
3.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Ghost Tree today (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ghost Tree at 8AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (20 Oct)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (20 Oct)6ft (1.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Ghost Tree. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1.5
NW
14
1.6
NW
13
1.9
NW
12
1.9
NW
13
1.9
WNW
12
1.7
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
11
1
SSW
15
1.2
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
636
534
527
507
840
947
1043
1192
1022
793
563
474
283
204
313
327
366
376
381
376
273
249
329
246
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NE
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
SSW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NNE
0
WNW
0
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
8:02AM1.23m
6:44PM1.27m
8:22AM1.31m
7:42PM1.29m
8:42AM1.41m
8:35PM1.30m
Low Tide
00:57AM0.18m
1:18PM0.82m
1:35AM0.19m
2:04PM0.66m
2:08AM0.23m
2:45PM0.48m
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Temp °C
14
14
13
15
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
17
15
16
16
15
Feels °C
13
13
12
12
15
14
14
15
15
14
13
15
16
17
16
14
15
15
16
17
14
14
14
13
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