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Surf Forecast - North California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 1:58 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
10/1

Up some

SSE 10 early New Oregon Gale swell building to 6.2 ft @ 13 secs late 7.5 ft 290 degrees
Thursday
10/2

Up some early

NW 5 early Oregon Gale swell 6.6 ft @ 12-13 secs steady 8.0 ft 300 degrees
Friday
10/3

Down some

NW 15 early Oregon windswell fading from 4.8 ft @ 11-12 secs 5.0 ft 310 degrees
Saturday
10/4

Down some

NW 5+ early Locally generated northwest windswell 4.5 ft @ 9 secs later 3.5 ft 310 degrees
Sunday
10/5

Up slightly

W 1-5 early Locally generated northwest windswell 5.2 ft @ 9 secs later 4.0 ft 310 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up some maybe --- A gale is developing off Oregon Tues-Wed (10/1) with 23-24 ft seas aimed southeast. Swell arrival on Wed (10/1). A small gale is forecast falling southeast from the dateline Thurs-Fri (10/3) with 20-21 ft seas targeting only Hawaii. A broad and strong system is forecast off Kamchatka Tues (10/5) with 40 ft seas aimed east. Low odds of this occurring. Down south no meaningful swell producing fetch of interest is forecast.

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