Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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 8AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109151515151514141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52740235324022318315114813911210610410410410310210096959593918887
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
E
0
N
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononononglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
2.12
11:16PM
2.63
12:45PM
2.08
11:55PM
2.66
1:45PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
0.26
5:11PM
1.00
6:13AM
0.11
5:52PM
1.14
7:03AM
0.04
6:37PM
1.27
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:46-------7:47-------7:47--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141313151813111111101115161413121212121414141313
Feels °C (?)878912978991014131111101110101110101010
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