San Pancho (San Francisco) Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.90° N 105.42° W

San Pancho (San Francisco) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's San Pancho (San Francisco) sea temperature is
31.0°C
2.0° 

San Pancho (San Francisco) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at San Pancho (San Francisco) today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for San Pancho (San Francisco) at 9AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (21 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

Table - waves today at San Pancho (San Francisco). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.8
SW
17
0.7
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
357
357
357
293
293
288
375
516
449
444
358
278
314
376
427
587
496
489
477
398
318
309
309
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
S
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
off
off
on
on
on
cross
High Tide
7:22AM1.26m
6:53PM1.23m
7:29AM1.35m
7:30PM1.33m
7:42AM1.45m
8:06PM1.40m
Low Tide
00:49AM0.47m
1:18PM0.68m
1:11AM0.44m
1:35PM0.51m
1:34AM0.43m
1:59PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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1
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Temp °C
27
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
27
27
27
28
29
29
28
27
27
27
28
29
29
29
28
Feels °C
32
32
32
32
33
34
33
33
32
32
31
32
34
34
34
32
31
31
31
32
32
34
33
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