Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
13.4° 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 6PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101111101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)951880746610522455410511511419298250245223223232260265270270229198157151
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
20
N
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
0
SSE
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassonglassglassonononcross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
2.28
7:51PM
1.93
6:26AM
2.25
8:39PM
2.03
7:38AM
2.26
9:18PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
0.37
12:41AM
1.44
1:44PM
0.36
1:54AM
1.29
2:36PM
0.37
2:52AM
1.12
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise7:05-------7:03-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:28-------7:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101519161516171717192220141412121215151513131212
Feels °C (?)81214121114151412151916111210111113131311111111
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