Surf Forecasts:
Moss Landing surf forecast from 18 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Sunday 19 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period, SW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 19 Jul, 5PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period, SW swell with 362 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 18 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with WNW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Moss Landing this week:
The surf forecast for Moss Landing over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 18) at 11PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.6m and 16s period with a secondary swell of 0.8m and 7s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Moss Landing in the next 16 days are 0.8m 17s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 19) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 16s period and expected on Tuesday (Jul 21) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 11PM (Sat 18th Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) 16s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Sun 19th Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) 16s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Sun 19th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 17s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Moss Landing over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let’s get into it.
Honestly, Moss Landing, it’s looking pretty grim for the next couple of weeks. We’re staring down a long stretch of small, messy, onshore stuff, and there’s really nothing in the first week that’s going to get me out of bed early. The whole window is pretty much a write-off for decent waves.
The first proper chance of anything near rideable doesn’t even show up until Tuesday the 28th of July, and even then it’s marginal. Before that, we’ve got days and days of tiny, weak swell with cross-on breezes, and surf heights barely scraping 3 ft. The combined energy just dribbles along, never breaking into triple digits, which is pretty telling. The water temperature is sitting about a touch warmer than normal for the time of year at 60°, but that’s about the only positive.
The only real standout – and I’m using that term loosely – is on Wednesday the 29th of July. Moss Landing gets a bump in swell from the WNW, pushing up to 6 ft to 7 ft. That’s getting into proper size, but it’s very much in the expert-only zone. The combined energy hits a strong 791, so there’s some grunt there. It’s a long-period groundswell at 10 seconds, which means better shape and energy, but at this beach setup, it’s likely to be a bit walled and tricky. The trouble is, the wind is cross-onshore both morning and afternoon, so it’s going to be choppy and won’t have that clean face you’d want for waves that size. It’s a shame, because the size is there, but the quality just isn’t. Tuesday the 28th morning has a sniff of offshore wind and a 3 ft SW groundswell with a period of 17 seconds and decent energy (940), but that’s not enough size to really get excited about, and the tide or other factors have it marked as marginal.
Overall, there’s no session in this forecast that I’d call good. The first week is all small, weak, and onshore. The second week has a couple of days with more size, but the wind is always a problem, keeping everything messy. For the size on offer at the end of July, you’d want to be a very solid surfer, and even then, you’ll be battling the chop. It’s a kite-surfing kind of setup, not a paddle-surfing one.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 15 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SW 19 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 5 | WNW 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 291 | 288 | 191 | 230 | 362 | 62 | 48 | 48 | 178 | 26 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 58 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 86 | 46 | 73 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 3:02PM1.50m | 2:32AM1.31m | 3:42PM1.52m | 3:40AM1.13m | 4:22PM1.53m | 5:05AM1.00m | 5:04PM1.54m | 6:50AM0.96m | 5:49PM1.54m | 8:25AM1.00m | 6:36PM1.54m | 9:33AM1.08m | 7:25PM1.55m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:15AM-0.04m | 8:59PM0.52m | 8:57AM0.16m | 10:06PM0.45m | 9:41AM0.37m | 11:15PM0.36m | 10:30AM0.56m | 00:23AM0.27m | 11:26AM0.73m | 1:26AM0.17m | 12:31PM0.84m | 2:20AM0.08m | 1:35PM0.91m | 3:08AM0.01m | |||||||
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 | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:20 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 13 |
Feels °C | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 6 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 16 | SW 16 | S 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 24 | S 13 | WNW 7 |
| kJ | 291 | 288 | 48 | 51 | 80 | 62 | 255 | 255 | 160 | 348 | 268 | 179 | 372 | 253 | 321 | 226 | 161 | 154 | 563 | 165 | 73 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 7 | SW 18 | WNW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | WNW 8 | S 12 | SW 15 | S 11 | S 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 9 | S 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SW 26 | S 14 | SW 24 | S 12 |
| kJ | 41 | 258 | 191 | 230 | 362 | 271 | 48 | 101 | 178 | 82 | 134 | 252 | 66 | 50 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 171 | 132 | 563 | 196 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 13 | SW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | S 13 | S 12 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 13 | WNW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SW 19 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 22 |
| kJ | 246 | 44 | 64 | 186 | 181 | 121 | 103 | 48 | 47 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 58 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 116 | 67 | 476 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WNW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 3 | WNW 5 | WNW 10 | WNW 5 | — |
| kJ | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 14 | 86 | 46 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 126 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 169 | 0 | 131 | 145 | 1 | 22 | 343 | 1 | 169 | 406 | 1 | 26 | 321 | 1 |
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