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Stormsurf Mobile App Create Your Own Surf Forecast Swell Calculator Swell Decay Tables Sea Height Tables Swell Category Table Convert from GMT:   0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z 4Z 5Z 6Z 7Z 8Z 9Z 10Z 11Z 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z  to timezone: IDLE/NZST AEDT GST/AEST --> JST/AWDT CCT/AWST WAST/CXT --> MSD BT/MSK EET/CEST CET/SWT GMT/UTC WAT AT ADT AST/EDT EST/CDT CST/MDT MST/PDT PST/YDT YST/HADT AHST/HAST NT IDLW 7:00 ---

QuikCAST Surf Forecast - North California 5 Day Surf Forecast Forecast Updated:   Tuesday, April 28, 2026 2:10 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 4/29 Up slightly NW 5+ early North Dateline swell building to 1.7 ft @ 16-17 secs later 2.5-3.0 ft 308 degrees Thursday 4/30 Up some NW 5+ early North Dateline swell 2.4 ft @ 13-14 secs Local northwest windswell 4.7 ft @ 8 secs early 3.0 ft 3.0 ft 308 degrees 310 degrees Friday 5/1 Holding NW 5 early North Dateline swell fading from 2.2 ft @ 12 secs early Local northwest windswell 5.0 ft @ 8-9 secs early 2.5 ft 4.0 ft 308 degrees 310 degrees Saturday 5/2 Holding NW 10 early North Dateline swell fading from 2.7 ft @ 11-12 secs Local northwest windswell 6.3 ft @ 9 secs early 3.0 ft 5.5 ft 308 degrees 310 degrees Sunday 5/3 Up some W 1-5 early Possible new dateline swell building to 2.4 ft @ 16 secs later 3.5 ft 296 degrees Extended Outlook Up some --- A gale developed over the North Dateline region Sat (4/25) with 36 ft seas aimed east. Swell arrival on Wed (4/29). Another is forecast pushing east from off Japan to the dateline Mon-Thurs (4/30) with 32 ft seas aimed east. And yet another is to lift northeast from Japan to off Kamchatka Sat-Mon (5/4) with 25 ft seas aimed east. It seems like Winter is returning to the North Pacific. A series of gales are to develop under New Zealand tracking east: The 1st Wed-Thus (4/30) with 32 ft seas over a tiny area, the 2nd Thurs-Fri (5/1) with 33 ft seas. and a 3rd Sun-Mon (5/4) with 34 ft seas. A 4th is to develop Tues (4/5) with 42 ft seas aimed northeast. --- --- Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - North CA - Central CA Wind Animations: US West Coast - North CA - Central CA Local Model: Surf - Wind 40643

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