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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	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Morro Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	0	0	4	0	0	6	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	0	4	0	4	4	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	12	12
Energy(?)	6153	3187	2944	3202	4971	3599	3391	1051	626	261	104	79	674	1720	1370	737	1085	1221	1130	740	1390	2046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 1.74	10:20AM 2.05		11:36PM 1.39	11:04AM 1.90		12:04AM 1.48	12:02PM 1.32	4:41AM 0.77	12:27AM 1.97	12:26PM 1.12	1:03PM 1.14	1:18AM 1.62		2:12PM 1.41	1:49AM 2.03		4:17PM 0.89	2:36AM 1.58		6:02PM 1.33	3:58AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 0.92	4:50PM -0.12		5:08AM 0.82	5:37PM 0.51		6:09AM 0.35	10:50AM 0.00		6:32AM 0.21	6:38PM 0.41		8:06AM 0.62		7:05PM 1.00	9:36AM 0.12		7:21PM 0.72	10:46AM 0.46		9:01PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	19	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	11	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	13	14	11	13	17	14	16	16	15	17	14	13
Low °C	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	11	12	9	12	15	13	16	15	13	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	5	7	9	7	4	6	6	11	11	9	11	13	8	10	16	12	15	16	15	17	13	12
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	13	13	15	15	15	11	11	10	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	14	15	12	12	-	11	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	15	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	3	5	7	8	8	6	6	5	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 18						Thu	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	1:30PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3326	5215	3656	4386	11174	4959	2696	2406	486	3516	1911	1418	1738	4971	4369	4117	2761	5970	5413	4525	3579	1544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:47PM 1.26				10:26AM 1.60				11:08PM 1.37				11:05AM 1.92				11:41PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)					4:21AM 0.91				10:33AM 0.03				5:33AM 0.44				5:38PM 0.06				6:00AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	5	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	15	5	2	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	7	10	10	10	19	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	7	6	4	5	4	7	7	7	19	9	9	3	7	4	5	5	6	6	5	6	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	15	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	13	17	13	13	-	15	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	12	10	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	7:30PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	1.4 SW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	9	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2864	3326	2542	2863	3433	4914	3595	4010	629	6196	4350	4386	4386	12855	13180	12919	3416	3187	3579	3518	3317	4504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								11:11PM 1.30											10:07AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)													4:51AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	8	7	9	9	9	19	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	4	3	5	4	4	19	4	4	5	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	13	13	8	15	15	8	13	8	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	16	13	15	13	13	13	-	13	13	17	17	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 W	2.1 SW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	0.7 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	9	11	11	12	12	12	4	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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