Garrapata Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Monterey (18 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Garrapata surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 PDT

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

Today's Garrapata sea temperature is 15.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Garrapata today?

The current surf forecast for Garrapata at 5PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (31 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	17s
Evening (31 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	16s

Table - waves today at Garrapata. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sunday 31				Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	575	583	613	572	573	559	532	545	480	476	369	446	483	530	523	403	373	386	382	297	426	493	494	492
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 1.82						9:08AM 1.41			5:43PM 1.85					9:27AM 1.46			6:44PM 1.92					9:45AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)					12:59AM 0.60			11:00AM 1.40					1:52AM 0.50				12:34PM 1.38					2:34AM 0.40

	Sunday 31				Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	18	17	19	20	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	15	15	16	15	16	18
Feels °C (?)	20	20	19	18	16	15	17	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	18	17	14	13	14	12	13	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Monterey

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Garrapata (calm at Carmel 14 km from Garrapata). 1.4m 6s windswell from the NW with a 0.7m 6s windswell, also from the NW and a 0.4m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
53 minutes ago Garrapata

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Actual: 53 min ago

2 km/h

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