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Salinas River State Beach Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Monterey (18 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Salinas River State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Salinas River State Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Salinas River State Beach at 4AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Salinas River State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tue 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 297 | 277 | 264 | 260 | 260 | 254 | 248 | 236 | 224 | 165 | 221 | 221 | 224 | 251 | 371 | 436 | 445 | 394 | 327 | 277 | 277 | 212 | 216 | 178 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:43PM 1.64 | 9:04AM 1.19 | 7:48PM 1.66 | 9:37AM 1.27 | 8:44PM 1.65 | 10:07AM 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:13AM -0.13 | 1:48PM 0.74 | 3:00AM -0.12 | 2:46PM 0.61 | 3:39AM -0.09 | 3:35PM 0.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tue 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Monterey
Continuing clean conditions at Salinas River State Beach (calm at BUOY-ELXC1 5 km from Salinas River State Beach). 0.7m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 40 min ago
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