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Andrew Molera State Park in Monterey is an exposed beach and point break that does not work very often with no particular seasonal pattern. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west. Prevailing right breaking waves at the beach break Best around low tide when the tide is rising. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Watch out for rips, rocks and sharks.

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Overall Andrew Molera State Park Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Andrew Molera State Park:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Fullers	9 mi
Second closest break	Garrapata	10 mi
Third closest break	Carmel Beach	19 mi
Fourth closest break	Ghost Tree	20 mi
Fifth closest break	Del Monte Beach	22 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Andrew Molera State Park:
Closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	37 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	46 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	93 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	112 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	115 mi
Tide stations nearest to Andrew Molera State Park:
Closest tide station	Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay, California	17 mi
Second closest tide station	Monterey, Monterey Harbor, California	22 mi
Third closest tide station	Monterey, Monterey Harbor, California (2)	22 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Monterey, Monterey Harbor, California (3)	22 mi
Fifth closest tide station	General Fish Company Pier, Moss Landing, California	36 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Andrew Molera State Park:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	155 mi
Second closest ski area	Sierra Summit Mountain Resort (United States)	163 mi
Third closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	168 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	183 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mammoth Mountain (United States)	183 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Andrew Molera State Park:
Closest city location	Carmel Valley Village (United States)	16 mi
Second closest city location	Carmel-by-the-Sea (United States)	19 mi
Third closest city location	Monterey (United States)	21 mi
Fourth closest city location	Monterey Peninsula Airport (United States)	21 mi
Fifth closest city location	Del Monte Forest (United States)	22 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Andrew Molera State Park is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 120 km (75 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Andrew Molera State Park is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 127 km (79 miles) away.
• Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 155 km (96 miles) away.
• Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 163 km (101 miles) away.
• Castle (Merced) Airport (MER), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Andrew Molera State Park and is 168 km (104 miles) away.