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Ghost Tree surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 12 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
14.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 7PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616151514141413131313131312121217161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3698341230402611244122971997162814221230109410949539387546096621086193818892080161313631206
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
0.92
6:02AM
1.58
9:08PM
0.99
6:44AM
1.62
9:47PM
1.04
7:24AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.18
11:09PM
0.87
1:52PM
0.05
12:09AM
0.93
2:32PM
-0.05
1:02AM
0.95
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:18-------7:18
Sunset-5:12-------5:13-------5:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161715171817161921191618181618192018171919171717
Feels °C (?)111311121314121417151214131012151615141516141414
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