Salinas Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.19° S 50.21° W

Salinas 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Salinas sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Salinas today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Salinas at 3PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
S
10
1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
1.6
ENE
6
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
8
2.2
ENE
7
2.3
ENE
7
2.5
ENE
7
3
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
332
381
346
349
294
288
231
180
176
141
141
113
113
151
57
56
39
37
450
523
758
1080
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:39AM0.43m
10:19AM0.37m
3:13PM0.43m
10:52PM0.16m
4:20AM0.37m
10:59AM0.41m
3:33PM0.40m
11:10PM0.18m
5:09AM0.31m
11:31AM0.44m
Low Tide
7:03AM0.25m
12:16PM0.34m
7:49PM0.09m
11:52PM0.16m
7:20AM0.27m
1:25PM0.37m
8:17PM0.12m
1:05AM0.16m
7:23AM0.27m
8:37PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:15
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:14
6:14
6:15
 mm
1
2
4
9
Temp °C
13
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
11
11
12
12
12
11
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
12
14
11
10
11
10
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