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Spanish Bay-South Moss surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 PST
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Spanish Bay-South Moss surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Spanish Bay-South Moss sea temperature is
14.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Spanish Bay-South Moss today?

The current surf forecast for Spanish Bay-South Moss at 4PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Spanish Bay-South Moss. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121218181616161515141414131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)608632623581469386379308250250199165326363443620558754734665661651651572
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
1.76
10:47PM
1.12
8:44AM
1.79
11:14PM
1.14
9:20AM
1.80
11:41PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
-0.19
2:33AM
0.91
4:19PM
-0.23
3:12AM
0.87
4:50PM
-0.25
3:52AM
0.83
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset---5:15-------5:16-------5:17----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171721201819191817192120191920181819212018171716
Feels °C (?)131318171615151413151819171617151415181716141312
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