Salinas River State Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.80° N 121.79° W

Salinas River State Beach, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 4 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Salinas River State Beach sea temperature is
14.8° C
0.1° 

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

Watsonville Airport

15 km N216 m above sea level

3 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
13.9 °C16
16
overcast

Fort Ord/Fritzsche Airport (California)

15 km S41 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
10
light winds from the NNE
(9 km/h at 20°)
- °C16
16
overcast
-
-

East Garrison wx

17 km SSE19 m above sea level

52 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 22°)
5
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

La Selva Beach wx

18 km NW30 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 142°)
10
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

Aptos

20 km NW40 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
dry
wind obs. (14 kph from 302 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
22 °C-
-
-
-
0

Rio del Mar

20 km NW71 m above sea level

3 hours ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 239°)
0
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Salinas Airport

23 km SE218 m above sea level

3 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
wind obs. (7 kph from 360 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
14.4 °C16
16
overcast

Santa Cruz

24 km WNW20 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 212°)
10
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Santa Cruz

24 km WNW10 m above sea level

51 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 295°)
10
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Capitola

24 km WNW25 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
-
(- km/h at °)
- °C-
-
-
-
0

* 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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