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QuikCAST Surf Forecast - North California 5 Day Surf Forecast Forecast Updated:   Tuesday, January 13, 2026 2:25 PM Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North North California Surf Forecast (Centered on San Francisco) Day Trend Wind (kts) Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) Waves (Set wave max face height) Swell Direction Wednesday 1/14 Down some NE 5+ early West Gulf swell fading from 3.9 ft @ 12 secs 4.5 ft 293-297 degrees Thursday 1/15 Up some NE 5 early New dateline swell 4.1 ft @ 14-15 secs early 5.5 ft 280 degrees Friday 1/16 Down some SE 1-5 early Dateline swell fading from 3.4 ft @ 12-13 secs early 4.0 ft 280 degrees Saturday 1/17 Down some NNE 1-5 early Residual dateline swell fading from 2.2 ft @ 11-12 secs early 2.5 ft 280 degrees Sunday 1/18 Up some NW 5+ early Background swell building to 3.6 ft @ 14 secs later 4.5 ft 280 degrees Extended Outlook Up some --- A gale formed over the Dateline region tracking east to the Gulf Wed-Sat (1/10) with up to 35 ft seas aimed east. Swell fading Wed (1/14). Another formed over the dateline tracking southeast Sat-Sun (1/11) with up to 35 ft seas targeting mainly Hawaii then fading north of Hawaii Mon (1/12) with seas fading from 22 ft. Another is forecast for the dateline tracking southeast Tues-Thurs (1/15) into the Central Gulf with 29 ft seas aimed east and southeast. Another is forecast over the dateline falling southeast Fri-Sat (1/17) with up to 36 ft seas aimed southeast. And maybe another to develop off Japan tracking east Sat-Sun (1/18) with 32 ft seas aimed east fading on the dateline Mon (1/19) with seas fading from 26 ft. A Westerly Wind Burst (WWB) is developing today through the end of January injecting much energy into the jetstream courtesy of a developing solid Active Phase of the MJO. --- --- Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - North CA - Central CA Wind Animations: US West Coast - North CA - Central CA Local Model: Surf - Wind 15074

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