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Monterey

6.3ft Tide 11 minutes ago
Wave height11.2ft
Wave period14s
Water temp66.9°F
Wind25kt

Six stations, Crescent City to La Jolla

Next reading in 1:00

Now 5.1ft Fri 9:59 am
-0.92.86.5ThuFriSat
Predicted tide at Port San Luis. The lighter line is what the gauge actually recorded.
Predicted tide
TimeHeight
Wed 10:00 am5.8 ft
Wed 2:00 pm2.5 ft
Wed 6:00 pm-0.2 ft
Wed 10:00 pm2.7 ft
Thu 2:00 am3.5 ft
Thu 6:00 am3.6 ft
Thu 10:00 am5.5 ft
Thu 2:00 pm3.2 ft
Thu 6:00 pm0.0 ft
Thu 10:00 pm2.0 ft
Fri 2:00 am3.6 ft
Fri 6:00 am3.5 ft
Fri 10:00 am5.1 ft
Fri 2:00 pm3.8 ft
Fri 6:00 pm0.4 ft
Fri 10:00 pm1.4 ft
Sat 2:00 am3.5 ft
Sat 6:00 am3.5 ft
Sat 10:00 am4.6 ft
Sat 2:00 pm4.2 ft

Port San Luis faces south from behind Point San Luis, which shelters it from the prevailing northwest swell. The contrast between what buoy 46011 reports offshore and what the harbor actually experiences is the clearest illustration on this site of why a buoy reading is not a beach reading.

Port San Luis

Tide 6.4ft
Wave height 10.5ft
Wave period 16s
Water temp 70.9°F
Wind 16kt
Wind direction S
Air temp 64.2°F
Pressure 1,008hPa

Last seven days

5.18.912.7Fri 10 amFri 8 am
Wave height (ft)
Wave height readings
TimeWave height
Fri 10:10 am7.9 ft
Fri 5:10 pm7.5 ft
Sat 12:20 am8.5 ft
Sat 7:50 am8.9 ft
Sat 2:20 pm8.5 ft
Sat 10:10 pm8.5 ft
Sun 5:10 am7.2 ft
Sun 11:50 am5.6 ft
Sun 6:20 pm6.9 ft
Mon 1:20 am9.5 ft
Mon 7:50 am10.8 ft
Mon 4:20 pm9.5 ft
Mon 11:50 pm9.5 ft
Tue 6:10 am7.2 ft
Tue 1:10 pm7.2 ft
Tue 8:50 pm7.2 ft
Wed 3:20 am7.5 ft
Wed 10:10 am7.9 ft
Wed 4:50 pm7.9 ft
Wed 10:50 pm6.6 ft
Thu 5:50 am7.9 ft
Thu 12:50 pm7.5 ft
Thu 7:50 pm8.9 ft
Fri 2:40 am9.2 ft
67.770.272.7Fri 10 amFri 4 am
Water temp (°F)
Water temp readings
TimeWater temp
Fri 10:00 am68.7 °F
Fri 5:00 pm68.7 °F
Fri 11:40 pm68.0 °F
Sat 6:20 am68.2 °F
Sat 1:00 pm70.0 °F
Sat 7:50 pm68.5 °F
Sun 2:50 am69.6 °F
Sun 9:50 am70.0 °F
Sun 4:20 pm70.3 °F
Sun 11:20 pm70.7 °F
Mon 6:00 am70.5 °F
Mon 12:50 pm70.9 °F
Mon 7:50 pm70.7 °F
Tue 3:00 am70.7 °F
Tue 9:20 am70.7 °F
Tue 4:40 pm70.9 °F
Tue 11:20 pm71.2 °F
Wed 6:00 am71.2 °F
Wed 1:20 pm72.1 °F
Wed 8:30 pm72.0 °F
Thu 3:40 am71.2 °F
Thu 10:00 am72.1 °F
Thu 4:40 pm71.8 °F
Thu 11:10 pm71.6 °F
StationRegionTide · Swell · Water
Crescent CityNorth Coast6.6ft14.4ft—San FranciscoCentral Coast6.4ft12.1ft65.3°FMontereyCentral Coast6.3ft11.2ft66.9°FPort San LuisCentral Coast6.4ft10.5ft70.9°FSanta MonicaSouth Coast6.7ft5.6ft74.3°FLa JollaSouth Coast6.8ft3.6ft75.0°F