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Salinas River State Beach

10:38 am 19 Feb 2006


Sand Dollar Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.5
Difficulty level: 2.5
Crowds: 4.0
Accommodation: 1.0

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Sand Dollar Beach Surf Forecast / California – Monterey / USA

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 16 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Sand Dollar Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.2
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2.1
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Period (s) (?) 16 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 10
Surfscale
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Max-energy 692 719 704 844 786 825 981 669 453 500 315 569 1504 1847 988 2115 1816 1569
Wind
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25
NW 25
NNW 30
NNW 40
NW 30
NNW 25
NNW 35
NNW 30
NNW 30
NNW 40
NNW 30
NNW 30
NNW 45
NNW 35
NNW 25
N 35
NNW 20
N 5
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Wind State (?) cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Sand Dollar Beach blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
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10:28PM
2.02
12:32PM
1.20

11:16PM
1.95
1:24PM
1.22

12:07AM
1.82

2:18PM
1.25
1:00AM
1.64

3:13PM
1.28
1:58AM
1.44

4:06PM
1.33
3:05AM
1.24

Low Tide
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4:12PM
0.61

5:48AM
-0.56
5:06PM
0.64

6:37AM
-0.51
6:04PM
0.67

7:26AM
-0.41
7:07PM
0.70

8:15AM
-0.27

8:19PM
0.71
9:04AM
-0.10

9:41PM
0.67
9:54AM
0.07
 

Note: the tide data above is for San Simeon, California which is 41 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Sand Dollar Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Sand Dollar Beach sea temperature is 11.3 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 max: 15.5 min: 12.0 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Fri night, light winds from the WNW by Sun morning).
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High °C 16 14 15 16 14 18 20 17 21 23 18 20 21 15 21 23 20 23
Low °C 16 10 12 16 10 14 20 14 16 22 15 15 19 11 15 22 19 20
Chill °C (?) 15 12 13 14 11 17 20 15 21 23 17 20 21 13 21 23 20 23
Sunrise - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48
Sunset 20:19 - - 20:19 - - 20:20 - - 20:20 - - 20:21 - - 20:21 - -
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Sand Dollar Beach is 57 km (35 miles) from Soledad. If you plan a vacation in Monterey, look for hotels and other accommodation in Soledad. Soledad has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.