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Wind in Seaside

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 3:53 pm (PDT)
Now · from the northwest 10 mph
Gusts
11 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 3:00 pm
In knots
8 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Seaside is a gentle breeze from the northwest: 2 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 3:00 pm with gusts of 11 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Monterey Rgnl (KMRY), 1.4 mi away · 1 h ago

Wind7 mph from the west
Gusts—
Visibility9.9 mi or more
WeatherNothing to note

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Wind for the next 7 days, hour by hour

Arrows point where the wind blows to, every 12 hours. Each hour comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF and GFS.

  • Today, Wed 28 2–10 mph · gusts 11 E · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 1–7 mph · gusts 13 WSW · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 3–8 mph · gusts 15 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 2–6 mph · gusts 10 N · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 5–12 mph · gusts 21 N · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 3–6 mph · gusts 10 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 3–7 mph · gusts 13 N · Beaufort 2

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 667251064
Gusts 7675611115
Direction SEESEESEENNWWNWS
Beaufort 22212322
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 55443764
Gusts 6944612107
Direction SEESESNWWNWWW
Beaufort 22221222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44335886
Gusts 77669151410
Direction WWSWWWNWWNWWNWWNWNW
Beaufort 22112332
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44332466
Gusts 8776691010
Direction NNEENEENEENENNWWNWNWN
Beaufort 22111222
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

Do the models agree on the wind?
Wind (mph) TodayThu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3
ECMWF 6176176175151117515412
AIFS 64551144
GFS 1069610876757688
ICON 61461371649817410512
HRRR 1011911—————
NBM 10177138156101221610713
Confidence highhighhighhighhighhighhigh

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Onshore or offshore wind?

Today, from the northwest: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

On Sunday 1, from the north: cross-onshore.

The coast here faces northwest. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · today 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam

Questions about the wind in SeasideQuestions

What's the wind like today in Seaside?

Gentle breeze from the northwest: 10 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 3:00 pm with gusts of 11 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Sunday 1: up to 12 mph from the north, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 5.6 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Onshore: the coast faces northwest.

More about Seaside today

Wind near Seaside

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Wind: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS; the table shows each hour's model); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 11 mi away. Coast orientation: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 3:53 pm (local time).

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