Carmel Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Monterey, USA)

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Surf Break: Carmel Beach

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Surf Break: Carmel Beach

Carmel Beach Spot ID:

Type: sandbar

Reliability: very consistent

Best: Swell W | Wind E

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.1 °C

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Saturday, 25 May 2013, 21:40 Local time

m, °C	Saturday 25
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Carmel Beach in Monterey is an exposed beach break that is usually a safe bet and works all around the year. Offshore winds blow from the east. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. It's sometimes crowded here. Beware of rips and locals.

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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay, California, 4 miles from Carmel Beach.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

Carmel Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-MTYC1, 7 km from Carmel Beach.

Air temperature
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Current weather near Carmel Beach

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 30 miles from Carmel Beach.

	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	14	14	14	14

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Overall Carmel Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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The two graphs above are also combined in the single Carmel Beach surf consistency graph.

Also see Carmel Beach surf quality by season and Carmel Beach surf quality by month.

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Surf spots located close to Carmel Beach

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Carmel Beach: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ghost Tree	1 mi
Second closest break	Del Monte Beach	4 mi
Third closest break	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Spanish Bay-South Moss	4 mi
Fifth closest break	Asilomar	5 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Carmel Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	30 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	56 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	76 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	97 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	131 mi
Tide stations nearest to Carmel Beach:
Closest tide station	Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Monterey, Monterey Harbor	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Moss Landing	19 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge	19 mi
Fifth closest tide station	General Fish Company Pier	19 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Carmel Beach:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	147 mi
Second closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	157 mi
Third closest ski area	China Peak Mountain Resort (United States)	160 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	169 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mammoth Mountain (United States)	177 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Carmel Beach:
Closest city location	Monterey (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Seaside (United States)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Salinas (United States)	16 mi
Fourth closest city location	Watsonville (United States)	27 mi
Fifth closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	30 mi

The closest passenger airport to Carmel Beach is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 90 km (56 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Carmel Beach is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 96 km (60 miles) away.
Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 125 km (78 miles) away.
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 132 km (82 miles) away.
Modesto City Co Harry Sham Airport (MOD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Carmel Beach and is 147 km (91 miles) away.

Carmel Beach break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Carmel Beach, CAL - Monterey. Use the tab navigation above to view Carmel Beach sea temperature, Carmel Beach photographs, Carmel Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Carmel Beach webcams, current wind from CAL - Monterey live weather stations and Carmel Beach tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Carmel Beach.

Carmel Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Monterey, USA)

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Overall Carmel Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Visitor Reviews of Carmel Beach

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