Zmudowski State Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Monterey (18 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.82° N 121.80° W)

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Zmudowski State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 15 Sep 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 16.6° 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 7PM is: 0.5m 20s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	20s

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

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	Monday 15				Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	S	S	WNW	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	20	20	10	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	332	464	396	481	398	455	500	473	452	427	419	395	396	354	333	392	401	378	366	347	426	440	434	448
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	E	NE	NE	ENE	W	W	WSW	S	E	NE	N	N	W	W	SW	SW	SW	W	WNW	SSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:32PM 1.57					8:22AM 1.27			6:46PM 1.57					9:08AM 1.34			7:53PM 1.58					9:46AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:51AM 0.94				1:13AM -0.03				1:11PM 0.87					2:13AM -0.05				2:14PM 0.76				3:02AM -0.04

	Monday 15				Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	16	16	18	18	19	27	24	21	18	18	19	19	20	25	22	20	16	15	15	15	16	17
Feels °C (?)	21	20	17	16	18	18	19	26	22	20	18	18	18	18	19	23	20	18	16	16	16	15	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Monterey

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Zmudowski State Beach (light winds from the WNW at BUOY-ELXC1 5 km from Zmudowski State Beach). 1.3m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.7m 10s swell, also from the WNW and a 0.5m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 28 minutes ago Zmudowski State Beach

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