Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)7911111111121212111111111110101010101010101817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)124251771991124212871047950814704534745505436365292281235218179176174174172
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
15
N
20
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
2.12
11:46PM
2.40
12:49PM
2.05
12:15AM
2.37
1:38PM
1.96
12:45AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.50
5:42PM
0.92
6:26AM
0.44
6:14PM
1.07
7:07AM
0.42
6:48PM
1.22
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:54-------6:52-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:32-------7:34-------7:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111212121111121111152016131415151519232318181818
Feels °C (?)76554710889151191112111116202015161616
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