Moss Landing · Monterey County · California
Moss Landing Surf Report & Forecast, California
Moss Landing, California: 6–7 ft, head high to overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 6.4 ft at 15 seconds from the west, with calm wind. Water is about 67°F, so a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.3 ft at 4:41 pm.
6–7 ft
head high to overhead · occasional 8 ft
- Swell
- 6.4 ft · 15 s · W
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 4.3 ft fallinglow -0.3 ft at 4:41 pm
- Water
- 67°F2mm springsuit
- Air
- 70°Ffeels like 67°F
- Sun
- rise 6:39 amset 5:02 pm
Moss Landing surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Moss Landing: 9 am, Great, 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 Moss Landing: 10 am, Good, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (ENE) | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 5.0 ft |
| 8 am | 5–6 ft | Good | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 9 am | 6–7 ft | Great | calm | 6.2 ft |
| 10 am | 6–7 ft | Great | calm | 6.0 ft |
| 11 am | 5–6 ft | Good | calm | 5.4 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 5–6 ft | Fair | 7 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 14 | 4.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 6–7 ft | Poor | 10 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 21 | 3.0 ft |
| 2 pm | 5–6 ft | Poor | 10 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 21 | 1.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 5–6 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 16 | 0.5 ft |
| 4 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 10 | -0.1 ft |
| 5 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | calm | -0.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (NE) | 3.8 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 10 | 4.6 ft |
| 8 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (NE), gusts 9 | 5.3 ft |
| 9 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (NE), gusts 9 | 5.9 ft |
| 10 am | 4 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (NE), gusts 9 | 6.0 ft |
| 11 am | 4 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 9 | 5.7 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 10 | 4.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 8 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 16 | 3.7 ft |
| 2 pm | 4–5 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 19 | 2.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 4 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 15 | 1.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 3–4 ft | Poor to Fair | 7 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 14 | 0.2 ft |
| 5 pm | 4 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.3 ft |
Moss Landing waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Moss Landing arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 7.0 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 189 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 41% 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.
Moss Landing surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Moss Landing: the biggest day is Monday, Nov 16 at 9–11 ft, and the best-rated day is Saturday, Nov 14 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 5–11 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 6–9 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Moss Landing 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 | 4–7 ft | Great | 6.6 ft · 15 s · W | calm | 10 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 21 | 9 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 3–5 ft | Good | 4.5 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph offshore (NE), gusts 9 | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 19 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 3–6 ft | Good | 4.8 ft · 13 s · W | 7 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 13 | 7 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 14 | 8 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 6–9 ft | Great | 6.0 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph offshore (ESE) | 13 mph onshore (W), gusts 25 | 7 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 7–10 ft | Great | 8.4 ft · 14 s · W | 6 mph offshore (ESE) | 14 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 25 | 7 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5–11 ft | Great | 8.6 ft · 15 s · W | 5 mph offshore (NE) | 7 mph onshore (W), gusts 12 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 6–9 ft | Great | 10.4 ft · 16 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (SE) | 9 mph onshore (W), gusts 18 | 10 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 9–11 ft | Great | 10.0 ft · 15 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 12 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 22 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 6–9 ft | Great | — | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 8 mph onshore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5–7 ft | Good | — | calm | 7 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 12 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Moss Landing are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Moss Landing tide chart and tide times
Tides at Moss Landing today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.9 ft at 3:12 am, high 6.2 ft at 9:17 am, low -0.3 ft at 4:41 pm and high 4.1 ft at 11:25 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 4.3 ft and falling.
Moss Landing tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.9 ft at 3:12 amHigh 6.2 ft at 9:17 amLow -0.3 ft at 4:41 pmHigh 4.1 ft at 11:25 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.9 ft at 3:45 amHigh 6.1 ft at 9:49 amLow -0.3 ft at 5:16 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.1 ft at 12:13 amLow 3.2 ft at 4:12 amHigh 5.9 ft at 10:21 amLow -0.1 ft at 6 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 4.0 ft at 1:13 amLow 3.5 ft at 4:43 amHigh 5.9 ft at 10:56 amLow 0.3 ft at 6:44 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 4.1 ft at 2:14 amLow 3.8 ft at 5:19 amHigh 5.8 ft at 11:35 amLow 0.6 ft at 7:32 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.1 ft at 3:17 amLow 3.9 ft at 6:10 amHigh 5.4 ft at 12:16 pmLow 0.7 ft at 8:22 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 4.2 ft at 4:18 amLow 3.9 ft at 7:37 amHigh 5.0 ft at 1:03 pmLow 0.7 ft at 9:14 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.2 ft at 5:07 amLow 3.7 ft at 9:16 amHigh 4.4 ft at 2:10 pmLow 0.8 ft at 10 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.4 ft at 5:36 amLow 3.3 ft at 10:52 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Moss Landing water temperature
The water temperature at Moss Landing is about 67°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 67°F and a 2 mph wind, a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 66 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 Moss Landing
- Salinas River State Beach2.1 mi SSW · 11–12 ft · Great
- Zmudowski State Beach2.3 mi NNW · 11–12 ft · Great
- Palm Beach4.2 mi NNW · 9–10 ft · Great
- Sunset State Beach5.7 mi NNW · 9–10 ft · Great
- Marina State Beach8.3 mi S · 13–15 ft · Great
- Manresa State Beach8.7 mi NNW · 8–9 ft · Great
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About Moss Landing
Moss Landing is a jetty in Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, facing west-southwest. Also called Moss Landing State Beach, Jetty Road and Elkhorn Slough.
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