Ghost Tree surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 15 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 1.4°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 8PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131212121212121218181616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1091939836700700608608724623581469386379308250250199165246363443620558754
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
1.07
8:03AM
1.71
10:44PM
1.09
8:41AM
1.73
11:11PM
1.10
9:17AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
-0.13
1:48AM
0.93
3:42PM
-0.19
2:29AM
0.90
4:15PM
-0.23
3:08AM
0.86
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:18-------7:18
Sunset-5:15-------5:15-------5:16------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918172019181821201817191818192119171819191819
Feels °C (?)171817151716151518171614151414151818151516161415
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