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Surf Forecast - North California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:17 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
Friday
3/15

Up slightly

NE 20+ early New Dateline swell arriving at 5.3 ft @ 14 secs early 7.5 ft 300 degrees
Saturday
3/16

Up some

S 1-5 early Dateline swell building to 3.2 ft @ 15-16 secs later 4.5-5.0 ft 290-295 degrees
Sunday
3/17

Down some

NW 1-5 early Dateline swell fading from 3.8 ft @ 14-15 secs early 5.5 ft 290-295 degrees
Monday
3/18

Down some

NW 1-5 early Dateline swell 3.6 ft @ 12-13 secs 4.5 ft 290-295 degrees
Tuesday
3/19

Up some

NW 5 early Kuril background swell 2.8 ft @ 15-16 secs later 4.0 ft 298 degrees
Extended
Outlook
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A gale developed over the dateline Mon-Tues (3/12) with 38 ft seas a aimed east then fell southeast into Wed (3/13) with 29-32 ft seas targeting mainly Hawaii. Swell arrival on Fri (3/15). Another storm developed off the Kuril Islands on Wed-Thurs (3/14) with 38 ft seas aimed east but never even reaching the dateline. Background swell hitting on Tues (3/19). Another gale is forecast off North Japan Sat-Sun (3/17) with 37-39 ft seas aimed east but not reaching even the dateline. Another to follow on a similar track Tues-Wed (3/20) with 28 ft seas aimed east. And yet a third is forecast Wed-Thurs (3/21) with up to 46 ft seas aimed east. An improved jetstream is forecast in the West Pacific driving by the arrival of the Active Phase of the MJO.

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