Gray Whale Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.56° N 122.52° W

Gray Whale Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Gray Whale Cove sea temperature is
16.6°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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Gray Whale Cove at 11AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
13
0.6
W
11
0.6
W
11
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.5
SW
19
0.5
SW
19
0.5
SW
19
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
11
0.6
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
1
WNW
14
1
WNW
14
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
91
88
94
89
114
91
90
90
183
183
179
166
157
281
252
370
366
358
338
318
437
431
419
447
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
0
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State
on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:44AM2.15m
8:11PM2.24m
9:19AM2.26m
9:10PM2.24m
9:51AM2.36m
10:04PM2.22m
Low Tide
2:01AM0.38m
2:24PM1.10m
2:48AM0.43m
3:16PM0.88m
3:29AM0.53m
4:02PM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
17
19
23
23
20
18
18
17
16
17
22
21
18
15
15
15
15
16
20
19
17
15
16
Feels °C
15
18
20
23
21
18
16
18
17
15
16
21
19
16
13
14
14
14
15
19
17
15
14
16
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