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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	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Boners 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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	0	2	2	0	3	2	2	3	2	0	3	4	0	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 S	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 S	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	10	9	8	7	6	7	18	6	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	332	380	236	296	409	265	246	288	535	101	324	659	767	997	2077	998	2761	1000	719	650	271	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:47PM 1.77	9:11AM 2.18		10:16PM 1.84	9:51AM 2.09		10:44PM 1.90	10:37AM 1.96		11:00PM 1.45	11:29AM 1.82		11:40PM 1.95	11:50AM 1.16		12:08AM 1.93		1:09PM 1.50	12:14AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 0.16	3:03AM 0.91		3:42PM -0.25	3:50AM 0.80		4:25PM 0.36		4:36AM 0.71	4:55PM 0.52		5:27AM 0.66	5:07PM 0.19		5:53AM 0.19	5:27PM 0.28		6:57AM 0.63	6:17PM 1.02		7:52AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	12	16	16	14	20	17	14	15	16	12	14	16	12	17	19	15	24	24	18	21
Low °C	16	13	11	15	14	12	18	14	12	15	13	10	11	13	11	15	17	13	22	20	14	20
Chill °C (?)	17	15	10	15	15	13	20	16	13	14	14	9	12	15	11	16	18	14	24	24	18	21
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	13	8	7	12	7	6	12	8	10	16	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	18	13	12	16	17	12	14	13	16	13	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	-	1.3 W	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 NW	1.6 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	9	-	-	6	7	5	6	-	-	10	-	-	10	3	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01	Monday 02	Tuesday 03
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	14	12	14	14	14	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6
Energy(?)	508	460	399	208	191	380	317	314	331	362	337	296	313	291	381	769	699	231	313	232	427	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:22AM 2.22				9:47PM 1.77				8:54AM 1.69					10:05PM 1.40			9:51AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13AM 1.03				3:17PM 0.16				3:03AM 0.91				3:42PM -0.25				3:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	15	17	16	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	15	16	15	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	10	16	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	14	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	8	15	8	14	14	14	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.8 NNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	9	3	9	-	7	6

	Sat	Sunday 01
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	14	14	12	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	513	508	508	268	203	460	456	405	399	389	377	195	259	192	359	192	226	380	340	319	219	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:15AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)					2:06AM 0.53													3:17PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	13	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	13	14	15	14	13	13	15	16	17	14	17	17	16	17	15	14	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	8	8	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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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