- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Gray Whale Cove Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Mateo (15 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 27 May 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Gray Whale Cove today (27 May):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 May, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (27 May, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 11PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (27 May) | 6ft (1.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Gray Whale Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | W 20 | W 19 | W 18 | W 18 | W 17 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 15 | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | |
1170 | 1012 | 839 | 718 | 631 | 530 | 490 | 480 | 635 | 620 | 716 | 636 | 737 | 719 | 701 | 531 | 510 | 503 | 496 | 482 | 284 | 276 | 458 | 315 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | on | on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | |
High Tide | 8:52PM2.42m | 10:24AM1.86m | 9:23PM2.43m | 11:13AM1.89m | 9:56PM2.44m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:37PM1.13m | 3:56AM0.44m | 3:18PM1.24m | 4:33AM0.33m | 3:57PM1.32m | 5:10AM0.26m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | |  |  | | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — |
 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | — | — | 8:23 |
— | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 15 | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 13 |
 kJ | 1170 | 1012 | 839 | 718 | 631 | 530 | 442 | 307 | 263 | 263 | 258 | 253 | 737 | 719 | 701 | 531 | 510 | 503 | 496 | 482 | 117 | 232 | 315 | 219 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | W 21 | W 20 | W 19 | W 18 | W 18 | W 17 | W 16 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 7 | W 13 | W 13 | W 13 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 138 | 138 | 138 | 136 | 99 | 320 | 490 | 480 | 635 | 620 | 716 | 636 | 201 | 158 | 116 | 113 | 119 | 119 | 151 | 77 | 284 | 276 | 219 | 49 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | W 24 | W 24 | W 23 | WNW 22 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 19 |
| kJ | 2 | 11 | 43 | 91 | 154 | 99 | 97 | 95 | 92 | 91 | 89 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 99 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 47 | 47 | 37 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 458 | 315 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1210 | 81 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Gray Whale Cove surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest