Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 PST
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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
13.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (22 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)956677881010101010101010101010101012129
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)625694145185310291398573553578369356363333327327273225195192189147147
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
1.94
1:33AM
2.37
2:41PM
1.78
2:18AM
2.37
4:11PM
1.69
3:14AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
0.94
8:27AM
0.63
7:51PM
1.14
9:37AM
0.57
8:44PM
1.31
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:50-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-5:54-------5:55-------5:57------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312121211121314151414141313141718151515151515
Feels °C (?)6656578810121212121110121617141312121311
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