San Mateo Surf

San Mateo Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Princeton Breakwater CAL - San Mateo	San Gregorio State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Francis Beach CAL - San Mateo	Gray Whale Cove CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Francis Beach CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	2	1	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	9	18	16	16	16	15	15	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	17
Energy	1773	964	1116	935	415	421	417	345	525	527	332	303	379	396	635	744	537	775	786	520	879	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	on	glass	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:46AM 1.07	7:51PM 2.40		9:52AM 1.85		8:33PM 2.48	10:52AM 1.92		9:20PM 2.58	11:52AM 1.31		10:10PM 2.63	12:21PM 1.27		11:02PM 2.62	1:32PM 1.40		11:56PM 2.54			12:26AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	1:58AM 0.01	1:32PM 0.64		3:10AM 0.25		2:26PM 0.75	4:00AM 0.04		3:00PM 0.84	4:50AM -0.11		4:13PM 0.87		5:14AM -0.61	4:55PM 1.26		6:21AM -0.62	6:14PM 1.34		7:11AM -0.55	6:51PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	25	20	16	15	15	16	14	20	15	14	15	15	18	17	14	17	16	16	18	19	15
Low °C	16	21	18	13	14	15	13	13	19	13	13	15	13	15	16	14	15	15	15	16	19	11
Chill °C (?)	17	25	20	16	14	14	16	13	20	14	13	14	14	18	17	14	17	15	16	18	19	15
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	13	8	10	16	15	15	14	13	20	19	19	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.9 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	18	16	16	8	8	12	21	21	13	9	13	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Princeton Breakwater CAL - San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo	San Gregorio State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Pomponio State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	14	10	14	14	13	10	9	9
Energy	1350	1884	1773	1566	1393	964	887	1116	928	653	935	653	539	415	721	421	446	494	417	598	633	345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:21PM 2.42					8:46AM 1.07			7:49PM 2.36	8:02PM 2.56				9:52AM 1.85				8:33PM 2.48				10:52AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			1:58AM 0.01				1:38PM 1.17					3:18AM 0.27				2:26PM 0.75				4:00AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	17	20	25	21	18	16	14	14	12	14	15	20	15	13	15	14	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	17	20	25	21	18	16	13	13	10	13	14	20	14	12	15	13	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 10						Thursday 11
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo	Rockaway CAL - San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Princeton Breakwater CAL - San Mateo	Princeton Breakwater CAL - San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo	Sharp Park CAL - San Mateo
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	2383	1556	1350	2692	2649	1884	1755	1773	1773	1688	1649	1566	1489	1503	1393	1497	955	964	905	900	887	813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:21PM 2.42													8:23AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)									1:58AM 0.01												1:38PM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	21	23	25	26	24	21	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	21	23	25	26	24	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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