Monterey Bay

This page contains the National Weather Service’s marine weather forecast for Monterey bay. Our system grabs the forecast from the NWS servers each hour. If you’d like to check it directly, you should go to this site (or for a fancy graphical version, go here). You can check the non-marine area weather forecast here.

If you’re new to the northern part of Monterey bay, it may help to read this page - it has a bit of “local knowledge” that’ll give you a sense of what to expect when you get out on the water.

When reading this forecast, bear in mind that northerly (and to some extent westerly) winds are often much lighter in the northern bay than the forecast predicts. In fact - if you are going to be staying close to land, the area forecast is often more accurate.

A knot (KT) = 1.1516 miles per hour (mph): 10kt = 11.5mph, 20kt = 23mph

NWS Forecast - Monterey Bay

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MONTEREY BAY-
316 PM PST MON FEB 8 2010

.TONIGHT…W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
W SWELL 3 TO 6 FT AT 14 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.TUE…SE WINDS 5 KT…BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES
LESS THAN 1 FT. W SWELL 3 TO 6 FT AT 13 SECONDS. SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
.TUE NIGHT…NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT…BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
WAVES LESS THAN 2 FT. W SWELL 4 TO 7 FT AT 11 SECONDS. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
.WED…NW WINDS 5 KT. WIND WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT.
W SWELL 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT…NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
W SWELL 2 TO 5 FT.
.THU…NE WINDS 5 KT…BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES
LESS THAN 1 FT. W SWELL 2 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN.
.FRI…SW WINDS 5 KT…BECOMING NW. WIND WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT.
W SWELL 7 TO 10 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN.
.SAT…NE WINDS 5 KT…BECOMING NW. WIND WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT.
W SWELL 7 TO 10 FT.

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