Monterey Surf

Detailed Monterey surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Monterey. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Monterey. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Monterey over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Monterey and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Monterey Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Monterey Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Monterey coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu		Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	13	20	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	18	17	16	14	14
Energy(?)	19296	6257	2240	2948	971	805	544	500	648	1223	4545	4157	3524	2487	1823	1247	1161	1702	2295	2499	1306	1142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:08AM 1.84		2:47PM 1.43	3:50AM 1.88		4:22PM 1.30		4:25AM 1.47	6:18PM 0.83		5:12AM 1.94		7:44PM 1.31	5:54AM 1.97		9:08PM 0.99	6:36AM 2.02		9:26PM 1.43	7:17AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		8:09PM 0.58	9:21AM 0.59		8:47PM 0.79	10:54AM 0.88		9:26PM 0.97	12:02PM 0.32		10:10PM 1.11	12:58PM 0.60		11:05PM 1.21		1:42PM 0.04	12:09AM 0.93		2:23PM 0.37	12:57AM 1.29		3:00PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	13	12	10	15	16	15	19	20	17	20	20	17	21	20	19	21	22	20	22	21
Low °C	10	9	9	10	9	15	15	15	18	17	16	19	18	17	20	19	18	20	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	11	7	13	11	9	15	16	15	19	20	17	20	20	17	21	20	19	21	22	20	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	17	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	14	21	20	13	12	12	5	12	5	21	18	12	11	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	0	9	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	7864	14315	3739	7074	6257	5703	4680	4059	1868	1654	2307	2019	1751	1366	1094	543	537	544	457	376	500	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 1.63				3:09AM 1.85				2:28PM 1.00				3:50AM 1.88					4:22PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				8:10PM 0.59				9:33AM 1.00				8:47PM 0.79					11:02AM 0.47			9:26PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	12	13	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	12	13	13	9	10	11	11	12	11	13	16	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	0	9	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	8760	14333	10570	19876	19411	19296	19191	19087	3739	3693	7705	7074	7074	6559	6257	3001	4786	5703	5180	5178	4680	4620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)				1:34PM 1.64														3:09AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)										7:56PM 0.17	8:10PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	12	11	11	11	11	9	7	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	5	6	8	9	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	17	17	9	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monterey Surf Breaks

Andrew Molera State Park

beach and point

beach and reef

sandbar

sandbar

reef

beach

reef

point

beach

beach

beach

Salinas River State Beach

beach

Sand Dollar Beach

beach

Spanish Bay-Cobblestones

beach

Spanish Bay-Dunes

beach and reef

Spanish Bay-South Moss

beach

Willow Creek

reef

Zmudowski State Beach

beach

Monterey holds a wide variety of sand and reef breaks and picks up on good amounts of swell. Moss is renowned for world class waves on its day. Local knowledge really comes into play on this jagged piece of coastline, as although you'd imagine barrel after barrel to be screaming in to most coves/beaches, they are actually quite few and far between as the whole coastlines goes, so living locally is the best way to score the waves we all want, as they do exist! Highway 1 will provide access to most breaks. Spanish Bay is another epic wave on its day which holds some decent sized swell. Willow Creek further south also holds surf several feet over head. There are sneaky breaks up and down that can provide some fantastic surf with plenty of places to park, eat and sleep. If you like taking photo's then this piece of coastline is pretty breathless.

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