Whaler Island surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 20 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
12.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whaler Island today?

The current surf forecast for Whaler Island at 11PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212111110111011111010991514141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1048986726375288282254161161245200175172222280269326331351640711700700722
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
N
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
5
WSW
0
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
1.69
2:20AM
2.30
4:29PM
1.61
3:14AM
2.16
5:39PM
1.56
4:19AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20PM
0.84
9:37AM
-0.42
9:16PM
0.94
10:39AM
-0.31
10:26PM
0.99
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:26-------6:26-------6:24-
Sunset--8:01-------8:02-------8:04-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
12233212111----111------
Temp. °C1311111110101011121210101091010111110998811
Feels °C (?)1199989910101088755689977667
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