Gray Whale Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.56° N 122.52° W

Gray Whale Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gray Whale Cove sea temperature is
16.2°C
1.9° 

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 (16 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 20s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 8PM is: 0.6m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (16 Oct)2ft (0.6m)20s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
15
0.5
SW
20
0.6
SSW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
2
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
171
188
253
388
388
380
349
327
323
399
399
449
439
395
757
786
937
603
593
582
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
2:28PM2.10m
5:44AM1.79m
3:27PM2.01m
6:47AM1.84m
4:38PM1.95m
Low Tide
10:12PM0.59m
9:57AM1.59m
11:14PM0.63m
11:25AM1.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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7:18
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7:20
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6:30
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6:30
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6:29
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Temp °C
26
25
22
22
22
20
21
25
25
19
14
14
13
13
12
14
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
24
22
19
20
20
18
19
22
20
16
12
13
12
12
10
11
9
9
10
10
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