Linda Mar surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Linda Mar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Linda Mar sea temperature is
14.5° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Linda Mar today?

The current surf forecast for Linda Mar at 3PM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Linda Mar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)9999991010101010101099877999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8701088800904106511121070880709557471415341321294204171128155115112726917
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
N
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
10
N
15
NE
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossoncross-
on
onononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
2.13
10:41PM
2.55
11:48AM
2.12
11:16PM
2.63
12:45PM
2.08
11:55PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
0.87
5:26AM
0.26
5:11PM
1.00
6:13AM
0.11
5:52PM
1.14
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:46-------7:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111415141213141313161714111111111115171513121212
Feels °C (?)99976997911119789101013151211111110
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