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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Monterey Wavefinder

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	Wed	Thu	Wed	Thu	Fri	Thu	Fri	Sat	Fri	Sat	Sun	Sat	Sun	Mon	Sun	Mon	Tue	Mon	Tuesday 19			Wed
	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Marina CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Marina CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Fullers CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	6	0	0	4	0	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	2.1 WNW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 WNW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	3.5 NW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 NW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	17	16	8	16	15	9	14	14	10	15	14	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	19	10	13	16
Energy	91	282	1328	1014	592	1047	305	471	1347	1251	742	2156	390	302	5897	241	255	2095	358	705	1023	610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 0.55		8:18PM 1.65	12:41AM 0.52		8:49PM 1.80	1:13AM 0.49		9:39PM 2.37	1:42AM 0.45		10:21PM 2.43	2:10AM 0.43		10:58PM 2.43	2:36AM 0.41		11:50PM 2.39	3:02AM 0.40	2:23PM 1.10	12:45AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 0.30	3:10AM -0.01	7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25	3:55AM -0.23	8:04PM 0.18	6:14AM 0.19	4:58AM 0.01	8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14		9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09		9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	6:20PM 0.82		11:19PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	15	20	18	15	16	17	12	15	17	12	15	15	19	15	17	16	14	17	15	13
Low °C	19	19	13	18	18	14	16	17	10	15	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	21	21	14	20	18	14	14	17	11	15	17	10	14	14	19	14	16	15	12	17	15	11
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 WNW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 WNW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 NW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	16	7	16	15	9	14	14	10	15	14	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	17	12	12	-	4	15	5	5	14	-	-	14	-	23	13	20	20	17	19	15	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	2.1 WNW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 N	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	3.5 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	3	4	8	-	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	12	4	3	-	4	-	9	4

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	11	11	12	16	16	16	19	8	8	12	12	16	16	15	9	8	9	9	10	14	14	14
Energy	549	422	501	111	142	282	682	1736	1328	2902	1399	813	796	592	887	2288	1047	2109	1145	309	447	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								8:18PM 1.65				12:41AM 0.52				8:49PM 1.80				1:13AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)		2:26AM 0.23			5:37AM 0.30					3:16AM 0.42			5:52AM 0.25					3:55AM -0.23			6:14AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	13	20	19	19	21	14	13	13	16	19	18	18	13	15	15	14	20	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	20	19	19	21	13	12	12	16	19	18	18	13	15	15	14	20	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	12	16	19	7	7	12	12	16	16	15	9	8	9	9	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.4 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	16	12	13	12	12	17	16	4	5	4	16	15	15	15	10	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	-	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	8	8	12	-	-	5	3	-	8	-	9	10	4	4	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	12
Energy	552	552	549	539	521	422	518	536	501	503	559	111	125	142	142	166	247	282	282	740	682	714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										8:17AM 1.12												8:32PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				2:31AM 0.68											5:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	11	11	13	14	13	15	21	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	14	13	15	21	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	19	19	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6

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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