Gray Whale Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.56° N 122.52° W

Gray Whale Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gray Whale Cove sea temperature is
16.6°C
2.4° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 7PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (22 Oct)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
15
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SSW
18
1.4
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
220
157
211
231
237
361
528
482
573
596
559
559
543
492
352
304
255
232
194
190
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
15
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:53PM2.00m
9:18AM2.30m
9:46PM2.04m
9:45AM2.41m
10:38PM2.06m
Low Tide
3:03PM0.93m
2:56AM0.77m
3:43PM0.70m
3:31AM0.86m
4:22PM0.47m
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:24
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7:26
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6:22
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6:22
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6:21
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 mm
2
1
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Temp °C
16
15
14
14
14
14
14
16
16
16
14
14
14
15
15
17
20
17
15
14
Feels °C
16
14
9
11
13
13
14
15
13
13
11
12
13
14
13
13
15
13
13
13
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