Montara surf break

Montara surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 PDT
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Montara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Montara sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Montara today?

The current surf forecast for Montara at 12AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.7
NW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)1515151511111414141212121212121211111212111188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17414414214211211010493102177174177174174224224209198376216205184353294
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
1.63
11:38AM
1.57
11:51PM
1.72
12:31PM
1.48
12:23AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.10
5:29AM
0.19
5:36PM
0.22
6:11AM
0.04
6:11PM
0.36
6:58AM
-0.07
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------7:15-------7:13-------7:11-
Sunset-7:19-------7:20-------7:21------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252120181717202428242221212020232418141212121214
Feels °C (?)23181715151417222521191920192023211512101010810
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