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Surf Forecast - North California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 1:05 PM

Next Forecast Update: Mon 5/26

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
5/28

Up slightly

NW 10 early Local northwest windswell 3.4 ft @ 10 secs
Mixed southern hemi swell fading from 1.7 ft @ 15 secs
New background south swell building to 1.7 ft @ 16 secs later
3.5 ft
2.5 ft
2.5 ft
310 degrees
195 degrees
185 degrees
Thursday
5/29

Down some

NW 10 early Background south swell 1.4 ft @ 15 secs early
2.0 ft 185 degrees
Friday
5/30

Down some

NW 5 early Local northwest windswell fading from 4.8 ft @ 7-8 secs early
Background southern hemi swell building to 0.8 ft @ 19 secs later
3.0 ft
1.5 ft
310 degrees
215 degrees
Saturday
5/31

Up some

NW 5+ early Local northwest windswell building to 7.8 ft @ 9 secs later
Background southern hemi swell 1.2 ft @ 17-18 secs
6.5 ft
2.0 ft
310 degrees
208 degrees
Sunday
6/1

Up some

NW 5 early Local northwest windswell holding at 8.8 ft @ 10-11 secs
New Zealand swell building to 1.7 ft @ 19 secs later
8.0 ft
3.0 ft
310 degrees
193 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up some --- Down south a gale started developing southeast of New Zealand tracking northeast Sat-Sun (5/25) with 30-31 ft seas aimed northeast. Swell to arrive starting Sun (6/1). Another gale is to track east-northeast from under New Zealand Sat-Mon (6/2) with 35 ft seas aimed northeast. And another to follow on the same track Mon-Wed (6/4) though smaller in coverage with seas to 35 ft.

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