Marina State Beach (Monterey Bay)
Monterey Bay · near Marina / Monterey · Central Coast
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring–fall (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cold (mid-50s°F) — 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- Monterey Bay wave & chop riding · Big beach with room · Cross-shore wind · Scenic dune backdrop
- Best for
- Monterey Bay wave/bump riding
- Features
- Monterey Bay's main wind beach · Cross-shore wind over swell · Long dune-backed beach · Kite & wing scene
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Shore break & rips · Sneaker waves · White shark territory · Sandy-cliff launch
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- kite · windsurf · wing
- Conditions
- waves
- Venue
- ocean
- Wind kt
- 20
- Wind
- NW, 15–28 kt afternoons — cross/side-shore over Monterey Bay swell
- Intl tip
- Monterey Bay's main wind beach — cross-shore NW (15–28 kt) over swell for wave/bump riding. Long dune-backed beach with room. ADVANCED: shore break, rips, sneaker waves, white shark territory. Cold water (4/3). Lessons available. Scenic bay setting. Combine with Monterey. Respect the shore break; beginners take lessons first.
The guide
Marina State Beach, on the northern curve of Monterey Bay, is the region's main wind-sports beach — a long, dune-backed strand …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Marina State Beach (Monterey Bay) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.69, -121.81