Sand Dollar Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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Sand Dollar Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sand Dollar Beach sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Sand Dollar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sand Dollar Beach at 9PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

Table - waves today at Sand Dollar Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.5
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)181817161616161615151515151515151110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)399390368347343339334421390294362362287291279275524340424433409361316322
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
5
SW
0
SW
5
W
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
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on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
2.01
9:00AM
1.64
7:44PM
2.03
9:31AM
1.71
8:37PM
2.03
9:58AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
1.26
2:09AM
0.26
1:51PM
1.14
2:52AM
0.26
2:43PM
1.01
3:29AM
0.31
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------6:48-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-7:12-------7:09-------7:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222222222220191818191719201918171717161719
Feels °C (?)222222222122222321191818191619201919171718171819
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Monterey

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Sand Dollar Beach (light winds from the NNW at SHIP1102 41 km from Sand Dollar Beach). 1.0m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 17s long period groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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41 km away, 53 min ago

14 km/h
NNW
0.0
15.4
Air / Water (°C)
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