Carmel-by-the-Sea · Monterey County · California
Monastery Beach Surf Report, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Monastery Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: 1 ft, knee high, at 6 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Poor. The main swell is 8.9 ft at 13 seconds from the west-northwest, with a 10 mph onshore wind from the north-northwest, gusting 15 mph. Water is about 67°F, so a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion; the next high tide is 4.7 ft at 11:22 pm.
1 ft
knee high · occasional 2 ft
- Swell
- 8.9 ft · 13 s · WNWplus 0.4 ft · 15 s · SW
- Wind
- 10 mph (NNW), gusts 15onshore
- Tide
- 0.8 ft risinghigh 4.7 ft at 11:22 pm
- Water
- 67°F2mm springsuit
- Air
- 66°Ffeels like 68°F
- Sun
- rise 6:39 amset 5:04 pm
Monastery Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Monastery Beach: 9 am, Good, on a falling high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Monastery Beach: 9 am, Fair, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 0–1 ft | Poor | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 4.8 ft |
| 7 am | 1 ft | Poor | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.7 ft |
| 8 am | 1 ft | Poor | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 6.4 ft |
| 9 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 13 | 6.8 ft |
| 10 am | 3 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 14 | 6.6 ft |
| 11 am | 2–3 ft | Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 6.0 ft |
| 12 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 14 | 4.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 11 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 17 | 3.5 ft |
| 2 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 12 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 19 | 2.1 ft |
| 3 pm | 0–1 ft | Poor | 10 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 15 | 1.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 15 | 0.4 ft |
| 5 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 7 mph onshore (NNW) | 0.3 ft |
| 6 pmnow | 2–3 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 0.8 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | flat (under 1 ft) | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NE) | 4.4 ft |
| 7 am | 1 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 14 | 5.2 ft |
| 8 am | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 15 | 6.0 ft |
| 9 am | 2 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 15 | 6.5 ft |
| 10 am | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 15 | 6.7 ft |
| 11 am | 2 ft | Poor to Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 15 | 6.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 15 | 5.4 ft |
| 1 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 10 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 15 | 4.2 ft |
| 2 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 11 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 16 | 2.8 ft |
| 3 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 11 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 17 | 1.6 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 14 | 0.7 ft |
| 5 pm | 0–1 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (NNW) | 0.3 ft |
| 6 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 6 mph onshore (NNW) | 0.4 ft |
Monastery Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 6 pm, sets at Monastery Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly surging and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 1.3 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 39 s
- Lulls
- about 89 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Surgingwhich means waves surge up the beach without a clean break
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 7% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- moderate, about 0.8 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Monastery Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Monastery Beach: the biggest day is Wednesday, Nov 18 at 1–4 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Good). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 0–1 ft and Poor; Sunday, Nov 15, 0–2 ft and Poor.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Monastery Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 0–4 ft | Good | 10.6 ft · 15 s · WNW | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 12 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 19 | 9 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 0–2 ft | Fair | 6.2 ft · 13 s · WNW | 10 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 15 | 11 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 16 | 9 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 0–2 ft | Fair | 6.6 ft · 13 s · WNW | 7 mph cross-shore (ENE), gusts 14 | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 10 | 8 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 0–2 ft | Fair | 4.1 ft · 13 s · W | calm | 13 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 22 | 7 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 6.1 ft · 15 s · W | 10 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 18 | 20 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 34 | 1 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 8.8 ft · 15 s · W | 4 mph onshore (NNW) | 7 mph onshore (W), gusts 13 | 4 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 0–2 ft | Poor | 2.6 ft · 16 s · WSW | 5 mph cross-shore (SSW) | 15 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 24 | 10 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 0–3 ft | Poor | 6.8 ft · 15 s · W | 16 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 28 | 15 mph onshore (NW), gusts 27 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 1–2 ft | Poor | — | 6 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 10 mph onshore (NNW) | 1 pm |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 1–4 ft | Poor | — | 16 mph onshore (W) | 19 mph onshore (NW) | 4 pm |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Monastery Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Monastery Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Monastery Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: low 3.4 ft at 3:09 am, high 6.8 ft at 9:15 am, low 0.3 ft at 4:38 pm and high 4.7 ft at 11:22 pm. At 6 pm the tide is 0.8 ft and rising.
Monastery Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 3.4 ft at 3:09 amHigh 6.8 ft at 9:15 amLow 0.3 ft at 4:38 pmHigh 4.7 ft at 11:22 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 3.5 ft at 3:42 amHigh 6.7 ft at 9:46 amLow 0.3 ft at 5:13 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.7 ft at 12:11 amLow 3.8 ft at 4:09 amHigh 6.5 ft at 10:18 amLow 0.5 ft at 5:57 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 4.6 ft at 1:12 amLow 4.1 ft at 4:39 amHigh 6.5 ft at 10:53 amLow 0.8 ft at 6:42 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 4.7 ft at 2:13 amLow 4.3 ft at 5:15 amHigh 6.4 ft at 11:32 amLow 1.1 ft at 7:30 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.7 ft at 3:19 amLow 4.5 ft at 6:05 amHigh 6.0 ft at 12:12 pmLow 1.3 ft at 8:21 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 4.8 ft at 4:18 amLow 4.5 ft at 7:31 amHigh 5.5 ft at 1 pmLow 1.3 ft at 9:12 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.7 ft at 5:07 amLow 4.2 ft at 9:13 amHigh 5.0 ft at 2:07 pmLow 1.4 ft at 9:58 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 5.0 ft at 5:35 amLow 3.9 ft at 10:50 amHigh 4.7 ft at 3:29 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Monastery Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Monastery Beach is about 67°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 68°F and a 10 mph wind, a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 67 and 70°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Monastery Beach
- Carmel Meadows0.4 mi N · 3–4 ft · Fair
- Carmel River State Beach0.9 mi NNW · 7–9 ft · Good
- Carmel Beach2.0 mi N · 8–9 ft · Good
- Ghost Tree2.8 mi NNW · 8–10 ft · Poor
- Del Monte Beach5.9 mi NNE · 1 ft · Poor
- Spanish Bay - South Moss6.1 mi NNW · 8–9 ft · Poor
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About Monastery Beach
Monastery Beach is a beach break in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, facing northwest. Also called San Jose Creek, Carmelite Monastery and Point Lobos.
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