Monterey County
18 spots tracked
Today in Monterey County
Tide and weather hold across the whole Monterey County coastline — check here, then pick your beach.
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All Monterey County spots
Rocky Reef
Surf Zone
Kelp ForestMonterey County · 18 spots
A north-to-south sweep from the Monterey breakwater around the peninsula tip through Pacific Grove, Carmel, Point Lobos, and Big Sur down to Jade Cove, covering every named spot we track in Monterey County, with today's vis live.
No fishing or harvest of any kind. Special closures restrict entering the area at all.
- SMR · State Marine Reserve
- SMCA (No-Take) · No-Take State Marine Conservation Area
- FMR · Federal Marine Reserve
- Special Closure · Seabird and marine mammal buffer
Most take is prohibited. Each site writes its own short list of exceptions, commonly shore angling or spearing white seabass and pelagic finfish. Check the site rules before hunting.
- SMCA · State Marine Conservation Area
- FMCA · Federal Marine Conservation Area
State-managed waters with their own recreational rules. Commercial take is prohibited in marine parks; recreational management areas are run for specific uses such as waterfowl hunting.
- SMP · State Marine Park
- SMRMA · State Marine Recreational Management Area
Pin color is the spot's forecast visibility tier for today.
- 20–30+ ft · Perfect
- 15–20 ft · Excellent
- 10–15 ft · Good
- 5–10 ft · Fair
- 0–5 ft · Poor
- No forecast yet
MPA boundaries are drawn from CDFW's official dataset but are approximate on this map and not for navigation. Verify the boundary and current regulations with CDFW before harvesting.
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