Willow Creek surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Willow Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Willow Creek sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Willow Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Willow Creek at 8PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.0m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
SSW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)89991010101010101610151510151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3516371312591553448466347320340253272243174172169218218215213156154170166
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SW
5
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
2.18
11:16AM
1.71
10:41PM
2.27
12:15PM
1.64
11:19PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
0.76
4:57AM
0.25
4:29PM
0.88
5:45AM
0.13
5:06PM
1.01
6:38AM
0.07
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:30-------6:28-------6:28-
Sunset-7:38-------7:39-------7:40------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151717151413151616151515151516171717151515141415
Feels °C (?)1012141098111213111213131213141515131313121314
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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