Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 12 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
15.1° C
(Which is 3.0°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 4PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)91010101010109910109987788877776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1019133014181209932769587436332313276259211302280249232202267157125163163109
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
2.00
8:53PM
2.06
8:10AM
2.05
9:17PM
2.18
9:05AM
2.09
9:42PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.59
2:34AM
1.20
2:42PM
0.61
3:16AM
0.97
3:19PM
0.66
3:58AM
0.72
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:42-------7:43-------7:44----
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
212---------------------
Temp. °C121213131211111111121313121111111011111110101010
Feels °C (?)657899999997656567754555
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