Gray Whale Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.56° N 122.52° W

Gray Whale Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gray Whale Cove sea temperature is
16.4° C
3.2° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 8PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)--
Afternoon (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
8
2
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
2
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
400
386
381
344
361
422
474
387
477
378
601
576
525
537
525
691
591
379
361
422
392
352
298
394
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
5:50PM2.36m
7:29AM1.64m
6:38PM2.46m
8:49AM1.72m
7:30PM2.58m
9:53AM1.81m
Low Tide
11:05AM1.10m
1:09AM0.64m
12:02PM1.25m
2:08AM0.40m
1:05PM1.34m
3:03AM0.18m
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5:56
5:56
5:56
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8:34
8:32
8:32
8:31
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Temp °C
12
13
12
12
12
11
12
14
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
15
Feels °C
9
10
8
9
10
9
11
12
10
9
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
10
10
10
14
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