Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 07 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.9°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: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414181818181313131616161616161616161718181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)717171801111118069686793919193129130132167214232252319316238
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
0
S
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
ononglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
1.75
2:42AM
2.09
6:06PM
1.76
3:39AM
2.02
7:13PM
1.81
4:50AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
1.55
10:30AM
0.62
10:02PM
1.60
11:34AM
0.64
11:30PM
1.60
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:45-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-7:37-------7:37-------7:38------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C121211121212131516151414141414151615141515141415
Feels °C (?)999101011131314131314151514141413131515141313
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