Salinas River State Beach Surf Guide

Salinas River State Beach in Monterey is an exposed beach break that usually has waves. Winter is the favoured time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the east southeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around high tide when the tide is rising. It's sometimes crowded here. Beware of rips, locals and sharks.

Salinas River State Beach Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach4consistent
14.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Salinas River State Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Salinas River State Beach occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-southeast.

California Energía de ola prevista en 12 horas

Energía de Olas (poder): 12 horas

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Salinas River State Beach Surf:

Sunday, 26 April 2026, 01:46 Local time
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Wave (m)
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
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Período (s) 16 16 16 16
Viento (km/h)
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Tide Times:

En Moss Landing, California (0 km).

ES A LAS (hora local)

Salinas River State Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart


Live Weather:

At BUOY-MLSC1, 0 km from Salinas River State Beach.

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Air temperature
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Current weather near Salinas River State Beach

Buoy Data:

At Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA, 14 miles from Salinas River State Beach.

  7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM
Antigüedad de datos 5 hr 4 hr 3 hr 2 hr
Altura de Olas (m) 0.4
0.5
0.4
0.5
Período Dominante (s) 10 11 10 11

All wavebuoys around Salinas River State Beach

Overall Salinas River State Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in abril

Surf stats for Salinas River State Beach: see the swell variation by month.


Wind stats for Salinas River State Beach: see the variation in direction and stength by month.



Salinas River State Beach Location Maps

Salinas River State Beach Location Map

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Surf spots cercanos a Salinas River State BeachCosta alrededor de  Salinas River State BeachCarreteras y ríos cerca de Salinas River State Beach

Usa este mapa para navegar hacia las playas de surf de CAL - Monterey y estaciones de marea cercanas de Salinas River State Beach

Spots de Surf más cercanos a Salinas River State Beach:

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Boyas marinas más cercanas a Salinas River State Beach:

Estaciones de marea más cercanas a Salinas River State Beach:

  • Closest estación de marea
    Moss Landing
    0 mi
  • Second closest estación de marea
    Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge
    1 mi
  • Third closest estación de marea
    Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge, Monterey Bay
    1 mi
  • Fourth closest estación de marea
    Elkhorn Yacht Club
    1 mi
  • Fifth closest estación de marea
    General Fish Company Pier
    1 mi

Airports

  • The closest passenger airport to Salinas River State Beach is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 63 km (39 miles) away (directly).
  • The second nearest airport to Salinas River State Beach is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 72 km (45 miles) away.
  • Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 104 km (65 miles) away.
  • Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 109 km (68 miles) away.
  • Modesto City Co Harry Sham Airport (MOD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Salinas River State Beach and is 118 km (73 miles) away.
Salinas River State Beach mapa de ubicación e información del spot
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