Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 07 Mar 2026 PST
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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
13.8° C
(Which is 1.6°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 4AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (08 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)10101099913121291010101010101010101111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)214214264293253248212177174207587772772732998115915261220126912451207102214801508
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
SW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
2.24
2:39PM
1.75
1:48AM
2.17
3:59PM
1.67
2:34AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59PM
1.13
8:11AM
0.67
7:35PM
1.29
9:09AM
0.71
8:19PM
1.43
10:17AM
0.72
Sat
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise----6:31-------6:30-------6:28---
Sunset-------6:09-------6:10-------6:12
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716151417191713121111121514121111111010111212
Feels °C (?)17171514131617151110910111410767989886
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