Half Moon Bay surfForecast / Washington / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 29 Aug 2025 PDT
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Half Moon Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Half Moon Bay sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Half Moon Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Half Moon Bay at 5PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

Table - waves today at Half Moon Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Mon
01
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141818181818181816161616161616171717181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4747140145172204202194140172168159166255271253306301243268381342330312
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
0
SE
5
SW
5
N
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrossglassononononcross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
1.95
5:06PM
2.46
6:21AM
1.80
5:46PM
2.38
7:35AM
1.71
6:41PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
0.91
11:51PM
0.42
11:15AM
1.14
12:50AM
0.49
12:09PM
1.33
2:00AM
0.49
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Mon
01
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:33-------
Sunset----8:01-------8:00------7:58----
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141415151414141413141616151514141416171615151514
Feels °C (?)131214141414141413131614131413131314151414141514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Washington

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Half Moon Bay (light winds from the SW at BUOY-WPTW1 1 km from Half Moon Bay). 0.4m 7s swell from the WSW with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the SW and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the WSW as well as a 0.2m 3s local chop from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SW
Cross-Shore
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