Whaler Island surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 8AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.8
NW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)109910109101010101010101010999999101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67451659178284612021175881600511376334269269216184176158158158164163380429
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
NE
5
ESE
0
E
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
NNW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43AM
1.79
10:02PM
2.04
11:17AM
1.88
10:53PM
2.04
11:46AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
-0.07
4:11PM
0.75
4:47AM
-0.05
4:58PM
0.57
5:24AM
0.00
5:40PM
0.42
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:58-------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:19-------7:16--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516202019191716161518191815161717171920181514
Feels °C (?)161516181717201717171418191815161717171919181514
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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). A 1.2m swell from the NW

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4 km/h
NE
Clean
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