Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 PDT
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Gray Whale Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gray Whale Cove sea temperature is
14.8° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gray Whale Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 8PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)--
Afternoon (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

Table - waves today at Gray Whale Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.7
SSW
0.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)15151516161616161661677891010101010991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1912292292512643102642612551702482485149351436185013261147849666502427361369
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
30
S
35
SSW
45
S
20
WSW
40
SSW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.88
6:03AM
1.98
8:28PM
1.96
7:10AM
2.00
8:53PM
2.06
8:10AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.62
12:48AM
1.53
1:22PM
0.60
1:46AM
1.39
2:04PM
0.59
2:34AM
1.20
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-7:39-------7:40-------7:42------
thunderstorm
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--1-1111114111251-------
Temp. °C151514141313131514141112121211121312121112111112
Feels °C (?)111111131111109757433467898101099
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