Cambria · San Luis Obispo County · California
Moonstone Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Cambria, California
Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California: 10–11 ft, well overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 7.8 ft at 15 seconds from the west, with a 4 mph cross-shore wind from the northwest. Water is about 70°F, so a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.2 ft at 4:20 pm.
10–11 ft
well overhead · occasional 12 ft
- Swell
- 7.8 ft · 15 s · W
- Wind
- 4 mph (NW)cross-shore
- Tide
- 4.0 ft fallinglow -0.2 ft at 4:20 pm
- Water
- 70°F2mm springsuit
- Air
- 71°Ffeels like 68°F
- Sun
- rise 6:34 amset 5:02 pm
Moonstone Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Moonstone Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising 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 Moonstone Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 9–10 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 4.5 ft |
| 7 am | 9–11 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | 5.4 ft |
| 8 am | 10–11 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (N) | 6.0 ft |
| 9 am | 10–11 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 6.3 ft |
| 10 am | 10–11 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.0 ft |
| 11 am | 9–10 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5.2 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 8–9 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4.0 ft |
| 1 pm | 8–9 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NW) | 2.6 ft |
| 2 pm | 8–10 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 15 | 1.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 8–9 ft | Fair | 11 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 16 | 0.4 ft |
| 4 pm | 8–9 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 15 | -0.1 ft |
| 5 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 10 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.0 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 7 mph cross-shore (N) | 4.1 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (N) | 4.9 ft |
| 8 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.6 ft |
| 9 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 6.1 ft |
| 10 am | 6–8 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 6.1 ft |
| 11 am | 6–7 ft | Great | calm | 5.5 ft |
| 12 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 4.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NW) | 3.3 ft |
| 2 pm | 5–6 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NW) | 2.0 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 13 | 0.8 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NW) | 0.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 13 | -0.2 ft |
Moonstone Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Moonstone Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 10.9 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 43 s
- Lulls
- about 146 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 67% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 2.1 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Moonstone Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Moonstone Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 8–14 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 8–14 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 8–12 ft and Good.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Moonstone 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 | 7–11 ft | Great | 7.6 ft · 15 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (N) | 10 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 15 | 8 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 5–8 ft | Great | 5.4 ft · 13 s · W | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 6 mph cross-shore (NW) | 8 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 6–8 ft | Great | 5.4 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph offshore (ENE) | 5 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 10 | 9 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 6–10 ft | Great | 3.9 ft · 13 s · W | calm | 9 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 15 | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 7–10 ft | Great | 6.4 ft · 15 s · W | calm | 9 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 14 | 6 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 8–14 ft | Great | 7.0 ft · 15 s · W | 13 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 20 | 11 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 16 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 8–12 ft | Good | 8.5 ft · 17 s · W | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 10 | 12 mph onshore (W), gusts 21 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 10–13 ft | Great | 6.9 ft · 15 s · W | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 15 | 17 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 28 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 7–10 ft | Great | — | 7 mph cross-shore (N) | 13 mph cross-shore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 4–5 ft | Good | — | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 13 mph onshore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Moonstone Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Moonstone Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Moonstone Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.8 ft at 2:48 am, high 6.3 ft at 8:59 am, low -0.2 ft at 4:20 pm and high 4.1 ft at 10:59 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 4.0 ft and falling.
Moonstone Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.8 ft at 2:48 amHigh 6.3 ft at 8:59 amLow -0.2 ft at 4:20 pmHigh 4.1 ft at 10:59 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.9 ft at 3:23 amHigh 6.2 ft at 9:31 amLow -0.2 ft at 4:56 pmHigh 4.0 ft at 11:50 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 3.1 ft at 3:47 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:59 amLow 0.0 ft at 5:41 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 3.9 ft at 12:53 amLow 3.4 ft at 4:08 amHigh 5.9 ft at 10:35 amLow 0.4 ft at 6:25 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.9 ft at 2 amLow 3.7 ft at 4:41 amHigh 5.8 ft at 11:11 amLow 0.7 ft at 7:15 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.0 ft at 3:14 amLow 3.9 ft at 5:30 amHigh 5.5 ft at 11:52 amLow 0.8 ft at 8:08 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 4.1 ft at 4:18 amLow 3.9 ft at 6:53 amHigh 4.9 ft at 12:43 pmLow 0.8 ft at 9:01 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.1 ft at 5:02 amLow 3.7 ft at 8:54 amHigh 4.4 ft at 1:50 pmLow 0.9 ft at 9:47 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.3 ft at 5:25 amLow 3.4 ft at 10:37 amHigh 4.1 ft at 3:12 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Moonstone Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Moonstone Beach is about 70°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 68°F and a 4 mph wind, a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 69 and 71°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 Moonstone Beach
- San Simeon3.4 mi NW · 7–8 ft · Great
- Cayucos15 mi SE · 5–6 ft · Good
- San Carpoforo Creek Beach18 mi NW · 11–12 ft · Great
- Morro Strand19 mi SE · 9–11 ft · Great
- Morro Bay19 mi SE · 9–10 ft · Great
- Morro Rock20 mi SE · 9–11 ft · Great
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About Moonstone Beach
Moonstone Beach is a beach break in Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California, facing west-southwest. Also called Santa Rosa Creek.
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