Montara surf break

Montara surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 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
16.8° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Montara today?

The current surf forecast for Montara at 6AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (14 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (14 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)111111111111111116161610151515141414151616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62265764558250336629224019518317717216315910910615315016118118181159157
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offoffglassglassononononononglassglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.39
5:18PM
1.55
7:46AM
1.47
6:36PM
1.51
8:28AM
1.54
7:45PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34PM
-0.05
11:59AM
0.95
12:42AM
0.01
1:12PM
0.81
1:38AM
0.06
2:10PM
0.64
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:18-----
Sunset-----6:34-------6:32-------6:30--
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C121212131313121313131315161614141313131416151314
Feels °C (?)101111111011111111111214141311121111121314121013
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Mateo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Montara (light winds from the ENE at Half Moon Bay Airport (California) 3 km from Montara). 2.1m 12s groundswell from the WNW to make surfable waves.

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ENE
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