San Mateo Surf

Detailed San Mateo surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in San Mateo. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in San Mateo. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in San Mateo over the next 7 days. Surf photos from San Mateo and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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San Mateo Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the San Mateo Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the San Mateo coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Gray Whale Cove CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo
Rating	2	3	4	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	4	0	3	4	3	3	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	8	9	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	12	11	7	7	9
Energy(?)	260	315	265	288	586	325	297	371	859	522	667	2119	1989	712	1634	1245	1159	1268	423	464	308	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:43PM 1.27	7:33AM 2.02		10:31PM 1.36	8:35AM 2.62		11:15PM 1.41	9:19AM 2.51		12:09AM 1.61	10:37AM 2.19		12:29AM 1.41	11:22AM 2.64		1:16AM 1.45	11:46AM 1.67		1:50AM 1.32	12:44PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		2:04PM -0.30	1:21AM 1.00		2:53PM -0.43	2:20AM 1.00		4:05PM -0.17	3:15AM 0.97		4:50PM -0.52		4:38AM 0.93	6:17PM -0.45		5:29AM 1.25	5:55PM -0.34		6:04AM 0.81	6:36PM -0.18		7:08AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	5	19	2	1	-	-	-	9	3	2	27	26	4	10	9	3	7	8	5	29	2
High °C	13	12	10	13	14	13	16	16	15	17	17	15	15	16	14	13	14	13	14	16	15	13
Low °C	11	11	8	11	14	11	13	15	15	17	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	11	13	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	13	12	12	16	16	14	17	17	13	13	14	12	10	13	12	12	15	14	11
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 S	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	0.6 W	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	12	11	6	10	13	9	9	11	11	11	13	9	9	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	1.0 W	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	1.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	-	12	19	8	11	14	10	15	13	16	15	15	16	13	13	16	8	8	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.8 S	1.4 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	10	4	8	8	5	6	6	8	8	7	6	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	-

	Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Friday 02
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6
Energy(?)	296	294	281	260	321	315	291	339	608	1193	1292	1054	522	279	296	325	325	317	352	318	204	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			6:42AM 1.96					9:14PM 1.64				8:03AM 2.23					10:31PM 1.36			8:26AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16AM 0.91					2:04PM -0.30				1:09AM 1.20				3:57PM -0.45				2:20AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	4	4	6	6	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	11	13	15	14	14	12	12	11	13	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	9	9	10	10	12	11	13	10	13	14	14	12	11	11	10	12	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	7	12	12	12	12	19	19	15	8	8	6	7	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	-	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.7 S	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	9	3	10	10	3	10	7	9	9	8	-	8	5	8	5	-	5	6	6	6

	Tue	Wednesday 31
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	300	300	296	305	299	294	315	310	281	276	287	291	291	288	252	333	310	315	315	282	238	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									6:42AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			12:16AM 0.91														2:04PM -0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	8	8	7	10	9	11	11	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	14	6	5	4	8	6	9	9	10	10	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	10	10	10	2	3	3

San Mateo Surf Breaks

Ano Nuevo

beach and reef

Bean Hollow State Beach

beach and reef

beach

beach

beach

beach

reef

sandbar

reef

Pescadero State Beach

beach and reef

Pomponio State Beach

beach

Princeton Breakwater

beach/jetty

Rockaway

beach and reef

San Gregorio State Beach

beach

Sharp Park

beach/pier

San Mateo County sports a number of different surf spots, mostly beach breaks, but with a few semi-secret reef spots. The best time of year to surf is the Fall/Winter, from October through January. To access the surf spots you will use Highway 1, leaving either Pacifica or Santa Cruz and driving along the cliffs looking for the turnouts that lead to the beaches and coves. There's a variety of breaks that allow you to surf different locations depending on conditions. Ocean Beach is a 2 mile stretch of heavy beach break. Very exposed to swell and unfortunately wind. Glorious days to be had in fall when the winds go off shore and the fog is nowhere to be found. As for the rest of the coast in SMC, there are spots that face different directions that are best for catching swell or hiding from it when it is big. The topography is dynamic here as to SoCal in that way.

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