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Gray Whale Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 15 Feb 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
14.2° 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 10AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (15 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (15 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WSW
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)141416161615151414141413131313799106891112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8188185975921093871836713694585565503488490408407102492372528969291218972846
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
30
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SW
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNW
40
NW
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
40
SW
45
SW
30
WSW
30
W
45
WNW
45
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
1.92
8:46AM
2.44
10:32PM
1.99
9:28AM
2.47
10:59PM
2.07
10:09AM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
1.32
3:54PM
0.25
3:33AM
1.23
4:26PM
0.25
4:15AM
1.12
4:57PM
0.30
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:49-------5:50-------5:51--
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cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-11-1763742431---125441
Temp. °C1313121314131111111110109101111111111119979
Feels °C (?)6778777689854621232123-3-2
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