Whaler Island surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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Whaler Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whaler Island sea temperature is
11.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whaler Island today?

The current surf forecast for Whaler Island at 12PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

Table - waves today at Whaler Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010109999998151515151515151488888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)408327240177166166162159118795480107757575767574116177244243219
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SW
10
W
5
W
5
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
2.23
12:39PM
1.86
12:13AM
2.34
1:31PM
1.83
12:51AM
2.39
2:26PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
-0.27
6:10PM
0.46
7:03AM
-0.43
6:50PM
0.59
7:50AM
-0.51
7:33PM
0.73
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:59--------8:00-------8:00-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C767131313109991014141312121112121415151313
Feels °C (?)323109108777812121110108991212131111
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