Monterey Surf

Monterey Surf Forecast

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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	5	4	2	4	1	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	4	4	1	4	3	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	19	10	10	18	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8	24	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16
Energy	1558	2185	3508	1753	2487	1972	1666	2265	1309	956	1300	1867	762	798	1123	2031	1543	1130	1441	1603	1415	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	on	glass	on	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:42PM 1.51	1:02AM 1.86		4:09PM 1.18	2:16AM 1.26		4:59PM 1.61	2:41AM 1.62		5:26PM 1.70	3:58AM 1.49		5:55PM 1.37		5:32AM 1.40	6:31PM 1.47		7:23AM 0.97	7:07PM 1.63		8:46AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	8:03AM -0.16	7:12PM 1.39		8:50AM 0.40		9:08PM 0.89	9:28AM -0.03		9:49PM 1.34	10:12AM 0.07		11:12PM 1.21	10:59AM 0.19		12:30AM 0.56	11:25AM 0.78		1:23AM 0.34	12:40PM 0.46		2:11AM 0.49	1:33PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	21	18	17	14	15	17	16	14	16	16	17	16	15	17	16	15	16	14	17	20
Low °C	12	18	19	17	16	11	12	16	13	11	16	15	13	16	15	16	15	10	11	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	21	18	17	14	14	16	15	13	14	16	17	15	15	17	15	14	16	12	16	20
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 S	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	19	10	10	17	10	16	16	16	10	15	9	14	22	21	20	19	7	8	17	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	19	16	18	18	17	17	12	11	16	16	15	14	24	14	8	14	13	18	18	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.2 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	2.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	10	-	10	9	9	-	9	8	8	8	-	9	5	-	-	8	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	4	2	2	3	5	4	5	4	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	8	18	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	1687	1117	1234	1558	1922	2185	1773	3647	3508	3437	4319	1753	1722	2487	1947	3902	1972	4353	1889	1666	2295	2265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:19AM 1.96					3:42PM 1.51			1:02AM 1.86					4:09PM 1.18								4:59PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				8:03AM -0.16			7:19PM 0.97					8:50AM 0.40				8:23PM 1.39				9:28AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	22	16	18	18	13	21	20	19	16	18	17	16	14	17	12	15	17	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	22	16	17	17	12	21	20	19	16	18	17	15	14	17	12	15	16	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	18	19	10	19	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	10	10	10	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	15	11	19	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	12	17	17	16	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	-	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	9

	Thursday 04
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Zmudowski State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	4	2	2	3	5	4	5	4	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	7	18	8	8	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1006	737	1687	1709	1142	1117	1233	1089	1234	1475	1767	1558	1577	1971	1922	1968	1619	2185	2177	1782	1773	2151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:41AM 1.44															3:31PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)										8:13AM 0.34											7:19PM 0.97
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	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	12	18	17	18	18	18	20	22	25	25	16	26	18	18	18	16	18	18	15	13	21
Chill °C (?)	19	12	18	17	18	18	18	20	22	25	25	16	26	17	17	17	15	17	18	15	12	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	7	7	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	10	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	11	11	11	13	19	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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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