Today's weather in Monterey County features mostly sunny conditions with west winds building from 5 to 10 knots in the morning, increasing to 11 to 16 knots in the afternoon with gusts up to 24 knots. Temperatures will reach the upper 60s to low 70s along the coastside, warming to the 80s and 90s further inland. The sky will remain clear through the day with increasing clouds developing after sunset [web:1][web:2].
Tide information for today shows a low tide at 12:34 AM at 1.9 feet, followed by a high tide at 5:46 AM reaching 3.3 feet. The next low tide occurs at 11:43 AM at approximately 1.1 feet, and another high tide arrives at 12:08 PM around 3.6 feet [web:11][web:23].
Swell conditions feature a mixed swell pattern with west-northwest swell coming in at 3 to 4 feet with an 8-second period, accompanied by a smaller south-southwest swell of 1 foot at 14 seconds. Wind waves are building to 1 to 3 feet. Buoy 46042 located 27 miles west-northwest of Monterey reports significant wave heights of 7.2 feet with swell height of 6.9 feet, a swell period of 8.3 seconds, and swell direction from the northwest. Average wave size across the region ranges from 6 to 8 feet with the primary swell averaging 7 feet [web:1][web:5].
The wind is currently blowing from the northwest at 320 degrees true at approximately 10 knots with gusts to 12 knots. Water temperature at the buoy is 53.1 degrees Fahrenheit while air temperature sits at 54.5 degrees. Atmospheric pressure remains steady at 30.00 inches indicating stable conditions through the day [web:5].