Zmudowski State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT
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Zmudowski State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zmudowski State Beach sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Zmudowski State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Zmudowski State Beach at 4AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (17 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (17 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

Table - waves today at Zmudowski State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)161515151515141413132018181716161616151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212188188188188188168121158124151330408594108496911411112740807701682530479
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
WNW
10
W
0
SW
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
15
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassoffcross-
off
offglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.38
9:03AM
1.47
8:45PM
1.37
9:33AM
1.51
9:39PM
1.34
10:00AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.12
3:00PM
0.43
3:05AM
0.21
3:42PM
0.30
3:40AM
0.31
4:20PM
0.18
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----7:16-------7:16-------7:18---
Sunset-------6:28-------6:27-------6:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414131320241816161616162223191716161615212018
Feels °C (?)141313111018211616151414142120171615151513201717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Monterey

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Zmudowski State Beach (calm at BUOY-ELXC1 5 km from Zmudowski State Beach). 0.9m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.7m 15s groundswell, also from the WNW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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