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Montara surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 PST
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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 4AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Evening (31 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
2
W
2.1
W
1.2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)121212121212111716161615151918171716161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6467237358308057786556006518539641817186010483758402043364428424240843364294726162155
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NW
10
ENE
10
NW
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
1.44
8:28AM
2.02
10:39PM
1.51
9:21AM
2.01
11:16PM
1.56
10:10AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.89
3:44PM
-0.38
3:31AM
0.80
4:26PM
-0.35
4:21AM
0.71
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-----7:13-------7:13-------7:11--
Sunset-------5:31-------5:32-------5:34
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514141415181816151513121415141312121211131717
Feels °C (?)13121111111216151413131010111110101011119111414
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