Spot report
🇺🇸Monterey Breakwater (San Carlos Beach), California
updated 03:00 local · open-meteo
🤿 Dive & snorkel· kelp forest shore dive · base: Monterey
The most-dived site on the US West Coast, a sheltered kelp forest with sea otters and harbor seals inside Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Heads up · Cold (50s F), thick wetsuit or drysuit; surge in winter
Wind
5 km/h
gusts 5 · from SE
Waves
1.6 m
11 s period · sea 18.7 °C
Road
dry
dry — 12 °C
Daylight
07:14 → 18:32
12 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
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Surf
FIRING1.6 m @ 11 s — it's on
Best windows this week
- Tue 7am–6pmFIRING
2.5 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmFIRING
2.3 m @ 9 s — it's on · 12 h
- Mon 7am–6pmFIRING
2.3 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
This week
Today
15 km/h · 1.7 m
12–21 °C
🌊Surf
Thu
14 km/h · 1.4 m
11–23 °C
🌊Surf
Fri
13 km/h · 1.3 m
17–35 °C
🌊Surf
Sat
12 km/h · 1.7 m
16–30 °C
🌊Surf
Sun
16 km/h · 2.3 m
12–23 °C
🌊Surf
Mon
16 km/h · 2.3 m
11–20 °C
🌊Surf
Tue
12 km/h · 3.3 m
10–19 °C · 1 mm
🌊Surf
bars: daily max wind · wave · best sport each day
Pack list
- Water 18.7 °C → 3/2 full suit
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 12 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:14–18:32 → golden hour from 17:32
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