Whaler Island surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whaler Island today?

The current surf forecast for Whaler Island at 3PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
1
W
1.5
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
NW
2
WNW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
Period(s) (?)8121211111010101010106788991010910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5411514225424021220416015715419018133046340251665370393812021127846696535
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SW
5
SSW
5
W
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
N
5
SE
0
E
5
N
5
NNE
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
10
N
5
SSE
0
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
1.60
7:53PM
2.01
10:03AM
1.69
9:03PM
2.02
10:43AM
1.79
10:02PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
1.08
3:11AM
-0.05
3:14PM
0.93
4:03AM
-0.07
4:11PM
0.75
4:47AM
-0.05
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192122211716161617192019161514141519212018171616
Feels °C (?)182022211716161516171716151514131416171617171616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Del Norte County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Whaler Island (calm at BUOY-CECC1 1 km from Whaler Island). 0.9m 12s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.7m 7s swell from the NW and a 0.5m 10s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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