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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	Mon	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	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	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	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	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	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	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo
Rating	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	4.0 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	344	272	566	2944	1570	1201	2760	3194	2921	3602	7403	4954	2339	1325	635	378	158	79	106	116	58	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:41AM 1.26	11:16AM 1.61		2:06AM 1.37	11:59AM 1.50	1:30PM 1.63	2:39AM 1.34	12:54PM 1.74	1:28PM 2.01	2:54AM 1.35		1:54PM 1.19	3:57AM 1.98		3:19PM 1.04		4:36AM 1.55	5:11PM 0.96		5:06AM 1.73		7:12PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		5:23AM 1.08			6:18AM 1.04			7:41AM 1.31		7:50PM 0.00	8:51AM 0.83		8:52PM 0.66	10:26AM 1.04		9:37PM 0.32	11:30AM 0.37		10:04PM 0.61	12:19PM 0.13		11:09PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	1	4	9	4	4	21	1	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	16	17	15	15	13	14	12	13	13	12	13	14	11	14	14	11	15	15	13
Low °C	14	15	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	11	13	12	11	12	11	9	11	11	10	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	13	17	14	13	10	11	9	11	11	11	13	14	9	14	14	10	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 SW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	16	13	13	13	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	8	20	12	15	18	18	-	16	-	-	9	8	15	10	11	7	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	1.7 S	4.0 S	-	2.1 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	9	-	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Francis Beach CAL - San Mateo	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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	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	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	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
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	13	13	12	13	12	12	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	338	296	508	309	304	442	452	445	774	1272	2517	3806	2507	1950	1422	1117	1219	1702	2760	3784	3256	3194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:31AM 1.34			11:16AM 1.61					2:09AM 1.29			11:59AM 1.50					2:39AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	5:50PM -0.17				5:23AM 1.08								6:45AM 1.38									7:29AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	4	2	2
Temp. °C	15	14	14	14	13	15	16	16	16	15	16	14	13	13	15	16	14	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	15	12	14	11	11	12	15	15	13	13	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	10	8	8	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	10	8	8	13	8	8	15	20	12	12	12	14	14	14	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

	Monday 22	Tuesday 23
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Francis Beach CAL - San Mateo	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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	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	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	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
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 NW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	377	370	475	317	327	372	297	292	508	298	294	313	362	356	304	279	259	278	293	426	452	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										1:07AM 1.21										11:16AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50PM -0.17	6:36PM 0.23											5:49AM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	14	13	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6

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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