Gray Whale Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.56° N 122.52° W

Gray Whale Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gray Whale Cove sea temperature is
17.1°C
3.1° 

Gray Whale Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Gray Whale Cove today (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 9PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
0
1
0
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.6
SSW
18
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.7
SW
17
0.7
W
21
0.9
W
20
1
W
20
1.2
W
19
1.3
W
18
1.3
W
18
1.4
W
18
1.4
W
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
301
301
248
208
508
508
508
447
441
430
393
302
432
624
753
1026
1111
1063
1201
1169
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
20
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
E
5
ESE
0
S
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSE
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
2:59PM2.32m
5:42AM2.01m
4:16PM2.18m
6:37AM2.11m
5:39PM2.07m
Low Tide
10:29PM0.28m
10:44AM1.45m
11:32PM0.38m
12:10PM1.31m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:33
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7:35
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6:13
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5:12
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6:09
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4
1
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Temp °C
15
15
14
14
14
13
12
14
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
12
12
12
12
12
12
9
10
12
9
11
12
13
13
12
14
14
14
13
13
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