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Ghost Tree surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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Ghost Tree surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ghost Tree sea temperature is
14.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ghost Tree today?

The current surf forecast for Ghost Tree at 8AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121218181616161515141413131313141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)379308303250199165326363443620558754734665627651651563615534452331269265
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
0
SSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
15
ENE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassoffoffoffglassoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
1.09
8:41AM
1.73
11:11PM
1.10
9:17AM
1.74
11:38PM
1.12
9:53AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.90
4:15PM
-0.23
3:08AM
0.86
4:46PM
-0.25
3:48AM
0.82
5:16PM
-0.24
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---7:18-------7:18-------7:16----
Sunset-----5:16-------5:17-------5:19--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019212120202021182020202018181817161820181716
Feels °C (?)161615171919181818171617171715151413111316141513
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