Salinas River State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 02 Aug 2025 PDT
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Salinas River State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salinas River State Beach sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salinas River State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Salinas River State Beach at 5PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)--
Afternoon (02 Aug)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (02 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

Table - waves today at Salinas River State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151818181818181677788161687661514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)336482525484400366361414465520494426395412323313337329306287273250268248
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSW
0
SSW
5
SW
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43PM
1.49
8:20AM
0.91
6:34PM
1.54
9:19AM
0.96
7:23PM
1.61
10:02AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.21
11:44AM
0.81
2:22AM
0.09
12:49PM
0.84
3:07AM
-0.02
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Sunrise------6:13-------6:13-------6:15-
Sunset--8:13-------8:12-------8:10-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151613131212121617181513121213171717161312121317
Feels °C (?)121412131212111414151312121213151414151312121315
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Monterey

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Salinas River State Beach (calm at BUOY-MLSC1 0 km from Salinas River State Beach). 1.4m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SSW as well as a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 50 min ago

4 km/h
SSE
Clean
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