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Surf Forecast - North California
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Saturday, January 18, 2025 1:53 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
Sunday 1/19	Up some	NW 1-5 early	New Dateline swell building to 4.3 ft @ 17-18 secs later	7.5 ft	292-294 degrees
Monday 1/20	Down some	NE 10+ early	Dateline swell fading from 4.0 ft @ 16 secs early	6.5 ft	292-294 degrees
Tuesday 1/21	Up some	NE 5 early	Secondary Dateline swell building to 4.0 ft @ 14 secs later	5.5 ft	288 degrees
Wednesday 1/22	Down some	NE 5+ early	Secondary Dateline swell fading from 3.7 ft @ 13-14 secs early	5.0 ft	288 degrees
Thursday 1/23	Down some	NE 5 early	Secondary Dateline swell drifting out from 2.2 ft @ 12-13 secs early	2.5 ft	288 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up some	---	A gale developed off Japan Mon (1/13) tracking over the dateline Wed-Thurs (1/16) with 41 ft seas aimed east then faded. Swell arrival on Sun (1/19). A secondary gale developed over the dateline and Western Gulf Thurs-Sat (1/18) with 25-28 ft seas aimed east. Swell arrival on Tues (1/21).And another gale is forecast tracking east from the Kuril Islands to the Western Gulf Sat-Tues (1/21) with 28 ft seas aimed east then dropping to 26 ft Mon-Tues (1/21). Nothing else meaningful to follow.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - North CA - Central CA
Wind Animations: US West Coast - North CA - Central CA
Local Model: Surf - Wind

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