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Central Coast Sea Conditions at a Glance

The original "At A Glance" web pages were originally done by Chuck Tribolet.

I really love the pages, and use them all the time to plan dives. I felt the need to see this information for the other area I dive, the Central Coast. Chuck graciously allowed this page to be edited with his permission by Jordan Rinke for me, Micheal Owens. The information on this site covers the Central Coast, from Lopez Point, above San Simeon to Point Arguello. Good diving, and...

Remember that all information is strictly experimental. DO NOT USE THIS SITE AS YOUR ONLY SOURCE FOR WAVE INFO!

All the data and pictures come from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the U.S. Navy and is excerpted from http://nimbo.wrh.noaa.gov/,http://cdip.ucsd.edu/, and http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WAM/wam.html.  If you would like to learn more about how to read this information, see http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/Inet1XMP.html.

There's also a North Coast Sea Conditions at a Glance page.

There's also a Monterey Sea Conditions at a Glance.

You can click on any of the thumbnails to go directly to the full-size version of that image.

This information should be used to decide whether to go to the ocean.  Conditions sometimes change unexpectedly, so you should study the conditions in person and check the latest weather reports before deciding whether to get into the water.

The Weather and Tide information links on this page are for the Monterey Area, until I can get the time to put conditions at Morro Bay or Port San Luis online. Please plan and extrapolate accordingly.

More Information

For information about Internet resources for the Bay Area diver, see http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/.  For information about using GPS for diving in Monterey, see http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/gps.html.  For information about the Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS), see http://www.ncups.org.
 
Offshore Coastal and Marine Forecast: Monterey: 
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/TotalForecast.csh?TotalForecast+Monterey+PZ+555
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMTR.html

Short and Long Term Monterey Surface Forecasts: 
http://www-das.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/zone-id?ID=KMRY
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/Monterey_CA_US_f.html

Monterey Tides
http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/nph-tideshow.cgi?site=Monterey+Harbor%2C+California

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