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Current conditions

Sun Nov 8, 1am PST · Updated

Surf rating: Good · 4.3/5

Surf

9.9ft

Overhead+ · 14s period

From WNW 303°

Wind

16mph

5 mph gusts · Cross-shore

From N 351°

Swells

  • 7.5ft 13s Primary · WNW
  • 1.3ft 17s Secondary · SSW
  • 3ft 5s Wind waves · NW

Tide

-0.3ft

Falling · low 3:00am, -0.8ft

Water

65°F

2-3mm wetsuit

Full Body Wetsuit

Weather

57°F

Cloudy

315 225 135 45 W S E N
SurfWind
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Next 7 days

  1. Today 11/8 9–14ft
  2. Tomorrow 11/9 11–14ft
  3. Tue 11/10 9–10ft
  4. Wed 11/11 9–10ft
  5. Thu 11/12 10–13ft
  6. Fri 11/13 11–13ft
  7. Sat 11/14 9–14ft

Surf, wind & weather Full surf forecast

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Sunday 11/8 Monday 11/9 Tuesday 11/10 Wednesday 11/11 Thursday 11/12 Friday 11/13 Saturday 11/14

Surf ft

9.9 9.5 8.7 9 9.5 11.1 13.6 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.1 13.8 13.1 12.4 11.7 10.9 10.1 9.7 8.9 9.1 9.8 9.7 10 10.3 10.4 10.1 9.7 9.8 9.4 8.9 8.8 8.9 9.4 9.7 9.7 10.1 11.4 12.3 12.8 13.3 13.1 13.2 12.7 12.4 12.3 12.5 12.2 11.2 11.3 10.8 10.3 10 9.4 10.5 11.9 14.2
14s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 17s 16s 15s 15s 15s 15s 14s 14s 14s 13s 13s 13s 13s 14s 13s 13s 13s 13s 14s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 13s 14s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 16s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 15s 14s 14s 19s

Wind mph

16-11 21-17 17-12 23-22 23-19 25-22 19-14 16-12 16-12 17-12 18-13 20-18 25-21 26-19 23-15 21-14 18-13 15-10 16-11 15-12 19-15 21-19 19-14 11-6 10-6 9-5 8-4 3+2 2+5 3+1 2+2 5-1 5+1 9+0 9-4 11+4 15+0 14-1 12-4 9-4 8-3 6-3 4+0 6-3 12-4 11-7 8-5 4+0 3+1 5-2 4+0 3+1 5+1 3+0 5-2 9-5

Tide ft

3:00am -0.8ft 9:00am 3ft 4:00pm -3.4ft 11:00pm 1ft 9:00am 3ft 5:00pm -3.4ft 11:00pm 0.9ft 4:00am -0.1ft 10:00am 2.9ft 5:00pm -3.4ft 12:00am 0.8ft 10:00am 2.7ft 6:00pm -3.2ft 1:00am 0.7ft 11:00am 2.5ft 7:00pm -3ft 2:00am 0.7ft 11:00am 2.3ft 7:00pm -2.8ft 3:00am 0.7ft 12:00pm 2ft 8:00pm -2.6ft

Weather °F

Cloudy57° Partly Cloudy56° Clear56° Clear79° Partly Cloudy83° Mostly Clear73° Clear60° Clear58° Clear57° Mostly Clear56° Clear56° Clear81° Mostly Clear86° Mostly Cloudy72° Cloudy59° Mostly Cloudy57° Clear56° Clear56° Clear56° Clear81° Clear83° Clear71° Clear59° Clear58° Clear57° Clear56° Clear55° Clear77° Clear81° Clear68° Clear57° Clear55° Mostly Clear56° Mostly Clear56° Clear54° Partly Cloudy73° Mostly Clear76° Clear66° Cloudy57° Cloudy57° Cloudy55° Cloudy54° Cloudy56° Cloudy74° Cloudy75° Cloudy66° Cloudy56° Cloudy58° Cloudy56° Mostly Cloudy55° Cloudy54° Mostly Cloudy73° Clear73° Partly Cloudy61° Mostly Cloudy54° Partly Cloudy53°
Time Surf Swells Wind Weather
Sunday 11/8
Now 9.9ft 7.5ft13s 1.3ft17s 3ft5s 16mph -11 Cross-shore 57°FCloudy
4am 9.5ft 7.2ft13s 1ft16s 3.6ft5s 21mph -17 Cross-shore 56°FPartly Cloudy
7am 8.7ft 6.9ft13s 1ft16s 17mph -12 Cross-shore 56°FClear
10am 9ft 6.6ft13s 1ft16s 3.9ft5s 23mph -22 Cross-shore 79°FClear
1pm 9.5ft 6.9ft13s 1.3ft16s 4.3ft5s 23mph -19 Cross-shore 83°FPartly Cloudy
4pm 11.1ft 4.6ft15s 2ft17s 5.9ft8s 25mph -22 Cross-shore 73°FMostly Clear
7pm 13.6ft 7.5ft12s 6.2ft16s 3.9ft5s 19mph -14 Cross-shore 60°FClear
10pm 14.4ft 11.2ft15s 1.3ft16s 16mph -12 Cross-shore 58°FClear
Monday 11/9
1am 14.4ft 11.2ft15s 1.3ft15s 16mph -12 Cross-shore 57°FClear
4am 14.4ft 11.2ft14s 1.3ft15s 17mph -12 Cross-shore 56°FMostly Clear
7am 14.1ft 10.8ft15s 1.3ft15s 18mph -13 Cross-shore 56°FClear
10am 13.8ft 10.2ft14s 1.3ft15s 20mph -18 Cross-shore 81°FClear
1pm 13.1ft 9.2ft14s 1.3ft15s 3.6ft4s 25mph -21 Cross-shore 86°FMostly Clear
4pm 12.4ft 4.9ft14s 1.3ft15s 6.9ft9s 26mph -19 Cross-shore 72°FMostly Cloudy
7pm 11.7ft 8.5ft13s 1.3ft15s 5.6ft5s 23mph -15 Cross-shore 59°FCloudy
10pm 10.9ft 7.9ft13s 1.3ft15s 4.6ft5s 21mph -14 Cross-shore 57°FMostly Cloudy
Tuesday 11/10
1am 10.1ft 7.2ft12s 1.3ft14s 3.9ft5s 18mph -13 Cross-shore 56°FClear
4am 9.7ft 6.9ft12s 1.3ft14s 15mph -10 Cross-shore 56°FClear
7am 8.9ft 6.2ft12s 1.3ft14s 3.3ft5s 16mph -11 Cross-shore 56°FClear
10am 9.1ft 6.2ft13s 1.3ft14s 3ft5s 15mph -12 Cross-shore 81°FClear
1pm 9.8ft 6.9ft13s 1.3ft14s 19mph -15 Cross-shore 83°FClear
4pm 9.7ft 6.9ft13s 1.3ft14s 3.6ft4s 21mph -19 Cross-shore 71°FClear
7pm 10ft 7.2ft12s 1.3ft14s 3.6ft4s 19mph -14 Cross-shore 59°FClear
10pm 10.3ft 7.9ft13s 1.3ft14s 11mph -6 Cross-shore 58°FClear
Wednesday 11/11
1am 10.4ft 7.9ft13s 1.3ft13s 10mph -6 Cross-shore 57°FClear
4am 10.1ft 7.5ft13s 1.3ft13s 9mph -5 Cross-shore 56°FClear
7am 9.7ft 7.2ft13s 1.3ft13s 8mph -4 Cross-shore 55°FClear
10am 9.8ft 6.9ft13s 1.3ft13s 3mph +2 Onshore 77°FClear
1pm 9.4ft 6.6ft12s 1.3ft13s 2mph +5 Onshore 81°FClear
4pm 8.9ft 6.6ft12s 1.3ft13s 3mph +1 Onshore 68°FClear
7pm 8.8ft 6.6ft12s 1.3ft14s 2mph +2 Onshore 57°FClear
10pm 8.9ft 6.6ft12s 1.3ft13s 5mph -1 Cross-shore 55°FClear
Thursday 11/12
1am 9.4ft 6.6ft12s 1.3ft13s 5mph +1 Offshore 56°FMostly Clear
4am 9.7ft 6.9ft12s 1.6ft13s 9mph +0 Cross-shore 56°FMostly Clear
7am 9.7ft 7.2ft12s 1.6ft13s 9mph -4 Cross-shore 54°FClear
10am 10.1ft 7.5ft13s 1.6ft13s 11mph +4 Cross-shore 73°FPartly Cloudy
1pm 11.4ft 7.9ft14s 1.6ft13s 15mph +0 Cross-shore 76°FMostly Clear
4pm 12.3ft 8.5ft14s 1.6ft13s 14mph -1 Cross-shore 66°FClear
7pm 12.8ft 9.2ft15s 1.6ft13s 12mph -4 Cross-shore 57°FCloudy
10pm 13.3ft 9.2ft15s 1.6ft13s 9mph -4 Offshore 57°FCloudy
Friday 11/13
1am 13.1ft 9.5ft15s 1.6ft12s 8mph -3 Offshore 55°FCloudy
4am 13.2ft 9.2ft14s 1.6ft12s 6mph -3 Offshore 54°FCloudy
7am 12.7ft 8.9ft14s 1.6ft13s 4mph +0 Offshore 56°FCloudy
10am 12.4ft 8.5ft14s 1.3ft14s 6mph -3 Onshore 74°FCloudy
1pm 12.3ft 8.5ft14s 1.6ft12s 12mph -4 Cross-shore 75°FCloudy
4pm 12.5ft 7.9ft14s 2.6ft14s 11mph -7 Cross-shore 66°FCloudy
7pm 12.2ft 7.5ft14s 3ft16s 8mph -5 Cross-shore 56°FCloudy
10pm 11.2ft 7.9ft15s 2ft15s 4mph +0 Cross-shore 58°FCloudy
Saturday 11/14
1am 11.3ft 7.5ft15s 1.6ft15s 3mph +1 Cross-shore 56°FCloudy
4am 10.8ft 7.2ft15s 1.6ft15s 5mph -2 Cross-shore 55°FMostly Cloudy
7am 10.3ft 6.9ft14s 1.6ft15s 4mph +0 Cross-shore 54°FCloudy
10am 10ft 6.6ft14s 1.6ft15s 3mph +1 Cross-shore 73°FMostly Cloudy
1pm 9.4ft 6.2ft14s 1.6ft14s 5mph +1 Cross-shore 73°FClear
4pm 10.5ft 6.2ft14s 2ft18s 3mph +0 Offshore 61°FPartly Cloudy
7pm 11.9ft 6.2ft14s 4.3ft20s 5mph -2 Cross-shore 54°FMostly Cloudy
10pm 14.2ft 6.6ft16s 6.2ft16s 9mph -5 Cross-shore 53°FPartly Cloudy

Tide & sun Full tide forecast

  1. Today 11/8

    • Low -0.8ft
    • High 3ft
    • Low -3.4ft
    • High 1ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 27m of daylight

  2. Tomorrow 11/9

    • Low -0.4ft
    • High 3ft
    • Low -3.4ft
    • High 0.9ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 25m of daylight

  3. Tuesday 11/10

    • Low -0.1ft
    • High 2.9ft
    • Low -3.4ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 23m of daylight

  4. Wednesday 11/11

    • High 0.8ft
    • Low 0.1ft
    • High 2.7ft
    • Low -3.2ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 21m of daylight

  5. Thursday 11/12

    • High 0.7ft
    • Low 0.3ft
    • High 2.5ft
    • Low -3ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 19m of daylight

  6. Friday 11/13

    • High 0.7ft
    • Low 0.4ft
    • High 2.3ft
    • Low -2.8ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 18m of daylight

  7. Saturday 11/14

    • High 0.7ft
    • Low 0.5ft
    • High 2ft
    • Low -2.6ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 16m of daylight

  8. Sunday 11/15

    • High 0.8ft
    • Low 0.6ft
    • High 1.6ft
    • Low -2.4ft

    Sunrise Sunset 10h 14m of daylight

Nearby buoys

Spot guide

Big Sur is a beach break facing west. It works best with swell from the S–NW and wind from the N–E.

Faces
W270°
Best swell
S–NW
Best wind
N–E
Tide range
2.9–8.3 ftNeap to spring
Break
Beach break
Bottom
Sand
Best tide
Low
Best season
Summer, Fall
Ability
Intermediate

36.2797°, -121.8596° · See it on the surf map