Garrapata Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

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Garrapata surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Oct 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 16.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garrapata today?

The current surf forecast for Garrapata at 5PM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	16s
Evening (18 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	16s

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

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	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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)	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	5	5	!	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1825	2033	2444	2214	1910	1672	1554	1407	1170	893	769	841	841	686	3015	3528	3410	2834	2471	1903	1659	1457	1348	822
Wind (km/h)	W	SSW	SW	ESE	SW	NNE	E	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNW	SW	SW	S	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				9:30PM 1.76				9:41AM 2.00				10:16PM 1.73				10:04AM 2.04					11:02PM 1.69			10:26AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33PM 0.70				3:25AM 0.70				4:10PM 0.57				3:54AM 0.82				4:45PM 0.46				4:21AM 0.94

	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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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). 1.7m 16s long period groundswell from the NW with a 0.9m 7s swell, also from the NW and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
47 minutes ago Garrapata

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Actual: 47 min ago

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