Salinas River State Beach Surf Break

Salinas River State Beach, United States Weather Observations

Lat Long: 36.80° N 121.79° W

Issued: 4 am 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Salinas River State Beach sea temperature is
15.4° C

2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Salinas River State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Salinas River State Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Salinas River State Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Salinas River State Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

BUOY-MLSC1

0 km SE3 m above sea level

52 minutes ago
15
-
(15 km/h at -°)
17.5 °C-
-


Watsonville Airport

15 km N216 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
20
light winds from the SW
(19 km/h at 230°)
19.4 °C16
16
broken

BUOY-46236

15 km SW3 m above sea level

46 minutes ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Fort Ord/Fritzsche Airport (California)

15 km S41 m above sea level

2 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
10
light winds from the WNW
(11 km/h at 300°)
17 °C16
16
overcast

East Garrison wx

17 km SSE19 m above sea level

42 minutes ago
dry
5
light winds from the W
(6 km/h at 262°)
15
21 °C-
-
-
-
0

La Selva Beach wx

18 km NW30 m above sea level

38 minutes ago
dry
wind obs. (18 kph from 306 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
18 °C-
-
-
-
0

Aptos

20 km NW40 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
wind obs. (14 kph from 331 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
19 °C-
-
-
-
0

Rio del Mar

20 km NW71 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 274°)
5
19 °C-
-
-
-
0

Salinas Airport

23 km SE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
wind obs. (11 kph from 320 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
19.4 °C0.0
0.0


BUOY-MEYC1

23 km S3 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Salinas River State Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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