The Patch Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.90° N 122.70° W

The Patch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Patch sea temperature is
16.6°C
2.2° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Patch at 8AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
2
3
3
3
3
2
4
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
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2
2
2
2
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
1.1
WNW
14
1.1
WNW
14
1.3
WNW
14
1.2
WNW
13
1.2
WNW
13
0.9
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.2
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
2.3
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
366
358
342
322
514
500
580
468
454
421
565
462
454
531
672
1020
1326
1508
1394
1168
1065
1191
1724
1724
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
W
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
25
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:46AM1.25m
10:51PM1.18m
11:17AM1.28m
11:44PM1.14m
11:45AM1.30m
Low Tide
4:48AM0.08m
5:20PM0.17m
5:26AM0.15m
6:03PM0.08m
6:02AM0.23m
6:43PM0.01m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
17
22
22
21
18
18
17
16
16
18
18
17
14
14
13
13
12
14
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
15
15
16
21
20
18
16
17
17
16
16
17
16
15
13
13
9
7
6
9
9
9
8
7
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