Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 09 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.6°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 10PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616171818181715151516161616161616161678910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13216721423225231931623819122922925131031026426125524824824826367115991556
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
45
S
25
S
40
S
30
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.81
4:50AM
1.98
7:57PM
1.88
6:03AM
1.98
8:28PM
1.96
7:10AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
0.64
11:30PM
1.60
12:32PM
0.62
12:48AM
1.53
1:22PM
0.60
1:46AM
1.39
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset-7:38-------7:39-------7:40------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514151514141515151413131313141515101211111111
Feels °C (?)1314141514121111111010111199886444235
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