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Surf Forecast - North California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Friday, February 14, 2025 1:12 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
Saturday
2/15

Down some

NE 5 early Broad Dateline swell and local gale swell fading from 6.7 ft @ 12-14 secs early 8.5 ft 285 degrees
Sunday
2/16

Up slightly

NE 1-5 early Background swell building to 4.2 ft @ 13 secs later 5.0 ft 285 degrees
Monday
2/17

Up some

NW 5+ early New Gulf swell building to 8.1 ft @ 15 secs early 12.0 ft 285 degrees
Tuesday
2/18

Down some

NW 15 early Gulf swell fading from 6.4 ft @ 13 secs early 8.0 ft 285 degrees
Wednesday
2/19

Down more

NW 1-5 early Windswell fading from 3.6 ft @ 11 secs 3.5 ft 290 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up some --- A broad gale developed on the dateline Sun-Mon (2/10) with up to 30 ft seas aimed east and a local gale developed in the Gulf Wed-Thurs (2/13) with up to 30 ft seas impacting San Francisco. Residuals form both fading Sat (2/15). Another gale was developing in the Western Gulf Fri-Sat (2/15) with 29 ft seas aimed east. Swell arrival on Mon (2/17). And another developed just off the Kuril's on Thurs-Fri (2/14) with up to 36 ft seas aimed east with secondary fetch expected pushing east off Japan Sat-Sun (2/16) with 27 ft seas aimed east. Perhaps another to follow off Japan Wed (2/19) with 37 ft seas aimed east. A reasonably active pattern is in development.

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