Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 13 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
15.2° C
(Which is 3.2°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 11AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (13 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)109910109997888877776141414151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58743633231326738330035228639223219617415715416813897899710310410676
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
2.05
9:17PM
2.18
9:05AM
2.09
9:42PM
2.31
10:00AM
2.12
10:10PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
1.20
2:42PM
0.61
3:16AM
0.97
3:19PM
0.66
3:58AM
0.72
3:55PM
0.75
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:43-------7:44-------7:45--
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C121111131313121211111111111111101010111213131312
Feels °C (?)11101011986765786555556798107
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