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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Capitola Jetty CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	4	0	0	5	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	0	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	8	12	13	12	9	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Energy(?)	470	3187	3912	1455	1730	2522	2655	909	395	231	139	79	674	2153	1370	984	1362	1193	1090	701	1646	1589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:16PM 1.35	10:25AM 1.55		11:37PM 1.84	11:10AM 1.45		12:05AM 1.50	12:00PM 1.33		12:34AM 1.58		1:18PM 1.21	1:33AM 2.37		2:15PM 1.05	1:52AM 1.70		4:09PM 0.98	2:45AM 1.72		5:37PM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)		4:24AM 0.54	4:53PM -0.09		5:04AM 0.43	5:40PM 0.51		5:50AM 0.32	5:45PM 0.26		7:26AM 0.70	6:56PM 0.44	7:09PM 0.94	7:43AM 0.18	6:51PM 0.67		8:56AM 0.08		7:34PM 0.87	10:18AM 0.07		9:57PM 1.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	18	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	4	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	14	14	11	14	17	15	13	13	13	15	15	12
Low °C	6	8	10	6	8	9	7	9	10	7	10	12	9	13	15	14	13	12	12	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	4	8	8	9	5	6	6	9	10	8	14	13	8	11	16	13	12	12	12	15	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	3.0 W	0.2 SSW	2.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 NW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	8	12	14	12	16	15	15	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	12	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	15	16	12	13	11	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	15	12	15	16	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	13	-	9	10	11	-	-	-	3	5	7	9	8	7	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	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	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo
Rating	3	0	0	5	7	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	2563	3474	3986	4386	9100	3187	2696	2406	2255	1971	2164	1378	3366	1730	2034	2522	2707	5970	4827	1367	1253	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:55PM 1.35				10:25AM 1.55				11:53PM 2.22				11:10AM 1.45				12:05AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	4:21PM -0.15				4:24AM 0.54				4:48PM -0.06				5:43AM 0.89				5:24PM 0.05				5:57AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	6	2	2	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	2	11	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	8	7	7	10	8	10	8	9	8	6	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	4	4	8	5	8	6	9	4	2	5	3	5	6	6	5	6	5	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	17	17	13	14	-	15	16	16	16	12	16	12	12	13	-	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	9	10	10	11	11	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Mateo	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	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	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo
Rating	3	0	0	5	7	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.8 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	2285	2411	2411	2863	3404	3394	3394	470	4010	3986	5358	4369	5117	7485	9123	8961	8768	3187	2948	2809	3258	3919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								11:16PM 1.35											10:25AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	4:21PM -0.15												4:58AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	9	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	5	4	4	6	7	8	9	8	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	8	8	13	13	15	15	8	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 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	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	18	17	18	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

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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