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Linda Mar surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
13.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)1312121111111110101010121212121212121211121288
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202187136160118114110106133130133171216220220220220224262244266266326388
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossononononglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		ononglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
2.30
11:31PM
2.34
11:48AM
2.25
12:00AM
2.43
12:41PM
2.16
12:33AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.56
5:42AM
0.63
5:49PM
0.69
6:28AM
0.47
6:24PM
0.86
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise7:16-------7:15-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:20-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192427232220191920242825232222202024251914131212
Feels °C (?)182425202018171717232622212122191923221612121111
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