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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo
Rating	1	1	3	0	0	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	10	10	11	10	10	14	14	10	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	11	11
Energy(?)	352	289	389	296	567	720	460	208	376	162	141	274	287	333	392	386	396	520	552	537	1143	512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:26AM 1.41	7:48PM 1.65		9:59AM 1.44		8:48PM 1.62	10:29AM 1.46		9:40PM 1.56	10:27AM 1.45		10:06PM 1.49	11:00AM 1.91		10:51PM 1.41	11:17AM 1.49		11:55PM 1.30	11:54AM 2.09		1:48AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	2:01AM -0.07		2:07PM 0.84	2:50AM -0.08		2:58PM 0.67	3:30AM -0.06		3:43PM 0.52	4:05AM 0.00		4:28PM 0.80	4:31AM 0.12		5:00PM 0.30		5:02AM 0.25	5:35PM 0.23		5:45AM 0.81	6:25PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
High °C	19	24	21	17	18	20	16	19	21	17	22	24	19	17	23	16	25	26	19	19	16	16
Low °C	18	20	20	15	15	19	16	16	20	15	16	23	16	15	23	15	19	25	17	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	24	21	17	18	20	15	19	21	17	22	24	19	17	23	15	25	26	19	18	15	16
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	16	16	15	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	13	9	12	12	7	11	18	11	11	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	11	18	12	16	16	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	-	-	11	-	7	11	-

	Tue		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	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	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Francis Beach CAL - San Mateo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 S	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	8	9	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	346	369	360	351	330	289	276	264	364	426	520	517	584	192	419	720	662	575	546	757	502	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:39PM 1.66					9:26AM 1.41			7:48PM 1.65					9:42AM 1.74				8:48PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				2:01AM -0.07				2:07PM 0.84				3:03AM 0.29				2:49PM 0.67				3:42AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	20	24	23	22	17	17	16	15	15	19	20	17	15	15	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	20	24	23	22	17	17	16	15	15	19	20	17	15	15	15	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	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	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	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Ano Nuevo CAL - San Mateo	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Francis Beach CAL - San Mateo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	10
Energy(?)	428	424	346	413	388	327	320	355	360	360	398	415	415	260	73	365	375	398	391	427	279	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 1.66														8:45AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)										2:01AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	22	22	24	24	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	22	22	24	24	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	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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