Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 06 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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 3PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151111111114141414141414141818181813131316161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196135133153121120118113108105717171801111118069686793919193
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononglassononononglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
1.80
1:56AM
2.17
4:46PM
1.75
2:42AM
2.09
6:06PM
1.76
3:39AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
0.50
8:02PM
1.46
9:29AM
0.57
8:52PM
1.55
10:30AM
0.62
10:02PM
1.60
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:48-------6:47-------6:45-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:37----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101212111010101111131313121212121315151514141414
Feels °C (?)8109778899101010101010101213131314141414
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