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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	Wed	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers 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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	3	4	3	3	2	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.6 S	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	11	11	6	7	9	9	12	14	12	10	11	10	12	11	11	11	7	7	20
Energy(?)	272	578	306	287	298	297	833	1092	890	1741	3895	2273	1325	810	763	1102	952	744	373	620	439	2248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:23AM 2.04		10:12PM 1.14	8:30AM 1.92		10:48PM 1.60	9:02AM 2.07		11:45PM 1.26	10:07AM 2.02		12:02AM 1.24	10:57AM 1.88		1:07AM 1.27	11:47AM 1.69		1:48AM 1.47	12:40PM 1.49		2:27AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 0.79		3:09PM -0.45	2:04AM 0.86		3:59PM -0.48	2:57AM 1.19		4:51PM -0.53		4:02AM 0.81	5:16PM -0.49		5:00AM 0.78	6:15PM -0.31		6:01AM 0.76			6:59AM 0.71		7:33PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	16	3	-	-	-	-	20	4	-	9	9	1	24	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	14	17	17	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	11	14	14	11	14	13	10
Low °C	13	15	15	13	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	13	12	9	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	17	17	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	12	10	14	13	10	13	11	8
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.6 S	1.0 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	0.1 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 S	0.7 NW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	8	12	6	6	10	13	13	12	12	14	16	10	8	10	12	11	11	6	11	7	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 WNW	0.2 S	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	12	19	11	11	14	10	13	17	12	16	19	14	11	12	16	7	7	11	14	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	-	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	1.2 S	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	-	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.8 SSE	-	2.2 SSW	-	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	6	6	7	9	9	6	7	12	7	-	7	7	-	5	-	7	-	9

	Wed		Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	7	7	9	9	9
Energy(?)	202	419	550	1040	603	671	719	575	246	227	287	431	362	298	252	297	293	328	501	1210	1354	1092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:02PM 1.07				7:38AM 1.89					10:15PM 1.18			8:26AM 2.12					11:01PM 1.36			9:12AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)				1:05AM 0.85				3:02PM -0.48				1:53AM 0.78					4:06PM -0.53			3:00AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	7	7	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	15	2
Temp. °C	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	17	17	16	14	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	17	17	15	13	15	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	7	12	11	6	11	11	6	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 S	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	6	12	12	12	19	19	12	19	13	11	8	5	11	7	14	13	13	10	18	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.5 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 S	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	-	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	2	6	7	8	-	8	8	7	5	6	-	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	9

	Wednesday 31							Thursday 01
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12
Energy(?)	207	202	250	308	240	240	344	487	243	272	402	774	774	950	603	603	671	671	662	710	719	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						9:22PM 1.23										7:37AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)										1:09AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	14	13	13	15	16	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	14	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	8	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	5	13	13	13	12	12	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	19	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	2	2	5	4	3	3	5	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

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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