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Ghost Tree surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 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
14.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 6AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)161615151414141313131414141313151413181816161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4436205587547346656366515635636155344523312732793293564485406048591082949
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
5
ENE
0
SE
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
0
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
1.10
9:17AM
1.74
11:38PM
1.12
9:53AM
1.72
12:05AM
1.16
10:30AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
0.86
4:46PM
-0.25
3:48AM
0.82
5:16PM
-0.24
4:31AM
0.78
5:46PM
-0.19
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---7:18-------7:16-------7:16----
Sunset-----5:17-------5:19-------5:20--
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201820201919191818171718201817171818171718191716
Feels °C (?)181516171816161514121214161514141415131516171514
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