The Patch Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.90° N 122.70° W

The Patch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Patch sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.4° 

The Patch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Patch today (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Patch at 9AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (15 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (15 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s

Table - waves today at The Patch. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.5
SW
21
0.5
SW
21
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
322
318
318
326
326
322
318
314
314
258
217
220
217
217
388
388
388
380
357
465
460
455
455
449
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:16AM0.90m
2:20PM1.15m
5:29AM0.89m
3:09PM1.10m
6:45AM0.90m
4:08PM1.05m
Low Tide
9:13AM0.63m
10:16PM0.04m
10:14AM0.67m
11:14PM0.08m
11:40AM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
7:18
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:18
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
6:32
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:31
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:30
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
15
16
17
22
25
24
21
21
20
20
21
24
27
25
21
19
19
18
18
22
23
19
15
15
Feels °C
13
14
14
18
23
19
17
18
18
17
17
20
24
21
17
16
17
17
16
20
20
16
12
13
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Patch surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest