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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	Sun	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26
	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	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Garrapata 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	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	2	4	0	0	3	3	0	3	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	1.5 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	12	12	12	8	7	10	17	14	16	7	15	14	12	11	10	10	16	15	14
Energy(?)	165	297	555	1480	861	623	562	327	983	576	537	800	604	521	505	465	373	548	362	276	674	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:56PM 1.84		2:46PM 1.07	12:44AM 1.77		3:45PM 1.47	1:43AM 1.65		5:09PM 1.52	3:12AM 2.01		6:21PM 1.12	4:32AM 1.42		7:08PM 1.21		5:57AM 1.33	7:48PM 1.81		7:07AM 1.74		8:16PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27AM -0.35	6:45PM 0.78		8:31AM -0.30	7:23PM 1.30		9:47AM 0.20		9:17PM 1.38	11:01AM 0.26		10:55PM 0.86	12:00PM 0.33		12:18AM 0.72	1:05PM -0.09		1:26AM 0.53	1:40PM 0.51		2:20AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	9	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	16	14	14	14	12	13	15	12	11	16	12	15	17	12	13	14	12	14	15	12
Low °C	11	14	15	13	13	14	10	12	15	10	10	16	11	14	16	11	12	13	10	11	14	10
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	12	12	12	11	13	14	11	10	15	10	14	16	10	12	13	10	13	14	10
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	15	12	12	12	8	7	18	9	8	14	7	15	14	12	11	10	14	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	13	8	12	12	12	11	10	15	15	14	16	13	13	12	13	13	14	12	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.8 NW	-	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	6	6	6	6	-	-	10	4	-	6	7	7	9	-	-	-	10	5	9	6

	Sun		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	0.6 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	11	10
Energy(?)	197	168	203	224	274	227	336	338	438	1344	1337	1022	624	1250	674	623	499	558	562	627	524	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:14AM 1.84					2:33PM 1.52			1:02AM 2.26					3:46PM 1.00			1:43AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 0.65				7:27AM -0.35				6:21PM 1.21					8:42AM 0.12			7:45PM 0.87					9:41AM -0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	1	2	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	11	13	16	16	15	14	15	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	12	16	16	14	13	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	8	9	10	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	6	5	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19						Monday 20
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	202	197	179	197	213	168	168	167	165	206	227	224	77	297	271	274	212	295	282	387	398	335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							11:56PM 1.84	12:02AM 2.30														2:21PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 0.65														7:27AM -0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	15	16	17	16	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	14	16	16	15	15	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	9	9	9	13	8	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	10	13	13	13	9	5	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	4	2	-	-	3	-	4	5	-

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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