Salinas River State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDT
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Salinas River State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salinas River State Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Salinas River State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Salinas River State Beach at 2PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Salinas River State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.1
NW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
NW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212111112121199991010101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1742202201981992142141891853074136157661077697697711615500544533470378320
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NE
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
S
5
W
0
SW
5
W
15
W
10
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
NNE
15
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SSW
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19PM
1.40
12:12AM
1.67
1:15PM
1.26
12:47AM
1.72
2:20PM
1.13
1:28AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.06
6:01PM
0.36
6:57AM
-0.02
6:33PM
0.51
7:52AM
-0.06
7:07PM
0.65
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise7:11-------7:09-------7:07-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C20272920171515141318171714121110917161512111110
Feels °C (?)182627191715151313171516141110981613131210109
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