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Surf Forecast - North California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Sunday, October 20, 2024 12:43 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
Monday
10/21

Up slightly

NW 1-5 early Local northwest windswell 2.9 ft @ 10-11 secs 2.5 ft
315 degrees
Tuesday
10/22

Up some

NW 5+ early Local northwest windswell 4.0 ft @ 9-10 secs later
Southeast Pacific swell building to 1.0 ft @ 18-19 secs later
3.5 ft
1.5 ft
310 degrees
188 degrees
Wednesday
10/23

Up some

NE 1-5 early Local northwest windswell fading from 2.9 ft @ 8-9 secs early
Southeast Pacific swell building to 1.7 ft @ 16-17 secs later
2.0 ft
2.5 ft
310 degrees
188 degrees
Thursday
10/24

Holding

NE 1-5 early Southeast Pacific swell holding at 1.7 ft @ 15 secs mid-day
2.5 ft 188 degrees
Friday
10/25

Up some

S 10 early West windswell 5.0 ft @ 11 secs early
Southeast Pacific swell fading from 1.4 ft @ 14 secs early
5.5 ft
1.5-2.0 ft
270 degrees
188 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up some --- A gale developed in the Southeast Pacific Mon-Tues (10/15) with 33 ft seas aimed northeast. Swell arrival on Tues (10/22). And another developed over the West and Central SPac Fri-Sat (10/19) with 31 ft seas over a moderate area lifting northeast. Perhaps another to form in the far Southeast Pacific on Sat (10/26) with 35 ft seas aimed northeast. Up north a gale is forecast developing in the Eastern Gulf on Wed (10/23) with 20-25 ft seas aimed south. Another to fall southeast through the Northwestern Gulf Thurs-Fri (10/25) with 22 ft seas aimed southeast. Something to monitor.

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