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Beach Weather Today in Pfeiffer State Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 14° which is too cold for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 14° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

Today will have 14.0mm of rain. Expect overcast skies and very little possibility of sunshine with an average cloud cover of 88%.

The winds will be on shore and strong at 35kmh from the West-Southwest. The strong winds will make the temperatures feel colder. The strong onshore winds may make conditions rougher for swimming.

Pfeiffer State Beach faces Southwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 05:50 PM. Unfortunately very heavy cloud cover of 99% may make the sunset not viewable.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in Pfeiffer State Beach

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 14° which is too cold for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 14° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

There will be 1 day of very light rain. Saturday will be dry and Sunday will have 1.9mm of rain. Expect some sunshine and occasionally cloudy periods with an average cloud cover of 53%.

PFEIFFER STATE BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

06:54 AM 05:50 PM

06:37 AM

05:16 PM

Mon 16th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

12°	11°	10°	10°	11°	11°	10°	9°
90%	85%	100%	90%	77%	81%	99%	89%
4.5mm	0.3mm	2.3mm	4.1mm	0.4mm	0.3mm	0.0mm	2.1mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:53 AM 05:51 PM

07:06 AM

06:21 PM

Tue 17th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	11°	11°	10°
79%	88%	100%	100%	100%	99%	100%	100%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	2.5mm	2.9mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:52 AM 05:52 PM

07:32 AM

07:28 PM

Wed 18th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	11°	10°	10°
99%	99%	99%	99%	95%	87%	81%	89%
3.1mm	1.6mm	0.0mm	0.7mm	1.5mm	0.7mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:51 AM 05:53 PM

07:57 AM

08:34 PM

Thu 19th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

10°	10°	11°	11°	10°	10°	9°	9°
100%	100%	100%	97%	96%	93%	88%	70%
1.2mm	2.0mm	3.4mm	3.6mm	1.1mm	0.5mm	0.4mm	0.1mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:49 AM 05:54 PM

08:23 AM

09:43 PM

Fri 20th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

8°	6°	5°	7°	9°	10°	8°	8°
6%	8%	32%	14%	13%	5%	14%	5%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:48 AM 05:55 PM

08:51 AM

10:53 PM

Sat 21st February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

7°	7°	7°	9°	11°	12°	11°	11°
76%	0%	9%	71%	97%	85%	58%	47%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:47 AM 05:56 PM

09:24 AM

No moonset

Sun 22nd February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

11°	11°	10°	13°	16°	15°	13°	13°
51%	37%	28%	18%	28%	64%	93%	100%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	1.0mm	0.8mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

06:54 AM 05:50 PM

06:37 AM

05:16 PM

Mon 16th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
10 kmh	8 kmh	16 kmh	19 kmh	22 kmh	24 kmh	35 kmh	28 kmh

1.1m	0.3m	1.3m	1.4m	1.1m	1.6m	0.9m	0.9m

14.5s	14.2s	14.1s	13.8s	13.5s	6.3s	13.3s	13.2s

06:53 AM 05:51 PM

07:06 AM

06:21 PM

Tue 17th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
33 kmh	28 kmh	30 kmh	54 kmh	46 kmh	38 kmh	45 kmh	42 kmh

1.0m	0.8m	0.7m	1.6m	2.0m	1.6m	0.8m	1.8m

12.7s	12.4s	10.8s	10.5s	10.1s	15.9s	9.1s	14.9s

06:52 AM 05:52 PM

07:32 AM

07:28 PM

Wed 18th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
35 kmh	39 kmh	36 kmh	32 kmh	27 kmh	24 kmh	21 kmh	10 kmh

1.9m	1.5m	1.3m	0.8m	0.8m	0.5m	0.3m	0.2m

15.5s	11.9s	12.2s	12.5s	12.5s	12.7s	12.9s	12.7s

06:51 AM 05:53 PM

07:57 AM

08:34 PM

Thu 19th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
12 kmh	26 kmh	38 kmh	27 kmh	16 kmh	36 kmh	31 kmh	40 kmh

0.6m	0.5m	0.7m	1.6m	1.1m	0.7m	1.3m	1.3m

12.4s	12.1s	11.8s	11.6s	11.2s	8.3s	9.8s	10.1s

06:49 AM 05:54 PM

08:23 AM

09:43 PM

Fri 20th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
34 kmh	18 kmh	12 kmh	11 kmh	10 kmh	9 kmh	5 kmh	3 kmh

1.3m	0.7m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.3m	0.2m	0.2m

14.6s	9.8s	10.0s	10.1s	10.1s	9.9s	9.8s	9.7s

06:48 AM 05:55 PM

08:51 AM

10:53 PM

Sat 21st February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
10 kmh	9 kmh	11 kmh	10 kmh	13 kmh	21 kmh	30 kmh	21 kmh

0.2m	0.2m	0.8m	1.0m	0.9m	1.0m	1.2m	1.2m

9.7s	9.6s	9.4s	9.2s	9.1s	8.9s	8.7s	8.5s

06:47 AM 05:56 PM

09:24 AM

No moonset

Sun 22nd February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
14 kmh	15 kmh	18 kmh	21 kmh	32 kmh	37 kmh	24 kmh	23 kmh

1.2m	0.8m	1.0m	1.4m	1.7m	1.8m	1.3m	1.2m

8.3s	8.0s	9.1s	10.9s	11.3s	11.2s	10.2s	10.7s

06:54 AM 05:50 PM

06:37 AM

05:16 PM

Mon 16th February

2:58 AM	9:00 AM	4:13 PM	10:50 PM

0.75	1.75	-0.19	1.25

06:53 AM 05:51 PM

07:06 AM

06:21 PM

Tue 17th February

3:40 AM	9:39 AM	4:42 PM	11:13 PM

0.67	1.72	-0.14	1.32

06:52 AM 05:52 PM

07:32 AM

07:28 PM

Wed 18th February

4:24 AM	10:21 AM	5:10 PM	11:38 PM

0.59	1.65	-0.06	1.39

06:51 AM 05:53 PM

07:57 AM

08:34 PM

Thu 19th February

5:11 AM	11:06 AM	5:39 PM

0.50	1.53	0.08

06:49 AM 05:54 PM

08:23 AM

09:43 PM

Fri 20th February

12:06 AM	6:04 AM	11:57 AM	6:10 PM

1.47	0.42	1.38	0.24

06:48 AM 05:55 PM

08:51 AM

10:53 PM

Sat 21st February

12:37 AM	7:03 AM	12:57 PM	6:41 PM

1.55	0.35	1.21	0.42

06:47 AM 05:56 PM

09:24 AM

No moonset

Sun 22nd February

1:14 AM	8:12 AM	2:17 PM	7:17 PM

1.61	0.27	1.05	0.60

Mon 16th February

11°
14.0mm
18kmh NNW
88%

Tue 17th February

12°
5.4mm
41kmh WSW
95%

Wed 18th February

11°
7.6mm
23kmh WNW
93%

Thu 19th February

12°
12.3mm
14kmh NNE
93%

Fri 20th February

10°
0.0mm
9kmh N
12%

Sat 21st February

12°
0.0mm
9kmh SSE
55%

Sun 22nd February

17°
1.9mm
27kmh SSE
52%

Mon 23rd February

15°
5.9mm
26kmh SSE
92%

Tue 24th February

14°
7.5mm
20kmh SSE
88%

Wed 25th February

12°
2.1mm
13kmh SSW
69%

Thu 26th February

13°
1.2mm
18kmh WSW
75%

Fri 27th February

12°
0.3mm
34kmh NW
66%

Sat 28th February

14°
0.0mm
16kmh WSW
2%

Sun 1st March

16°
0.0mm
18kmh WSW
9%

Next 14 day Beach Weather in Pfeiffer State Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 13° which is too cold for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 14° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea. There will be 10 days of moderate rain with an average of 5.8mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 64%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Pfeiffer State Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

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Pfeiffer State Beach, Big Sur, Monterey County, California

Pfeiffer State Beach is a lesser known gem located on the beautiful coastline of Big Sur in Monterey County, California. The beach offers a unique experience with its stunning scenery and numerous activities to indulge in during your holiday.

Beach Type

The beach at Pfeiffer State Beach is known for its coarse sand and unique purple hue due to the manganese garnet deposits from the surrounding cliffs. The coastline here is quite rocky with interesting rock formations that make this destination visually appealing.

As for snorkeling and diving, Pfeiffer State Beach may not be the best choice due to its strong currents and lack of coral reefs. However, there are other nearby beaches in Monterey County that are better suited for such activities.

Activities

Some popular beach activities recommended at Pfeiffer State Beach include:

Photography: With its rugged cliffs, stunning sunsets, and famous keyhole arch, this beach is a photographer's paradise.
Hiking: There are several trails in the Big Sur area that lead to breathtaking views of the coastline.
Surfing: While not ideal for beginners due to the rocky shoreline and strong currents, experienced surfers can enjoy some excellent waves at Pfeiffer State Beach.
Picnicking: Bring your lunch and enjoy a peaceful meal with an incredible view of the ocean.
Wildlife Watching: Keep an eye out for sea otters, seals, and various bird species that frequent this area.

Accommodations

There are no beach resorts or hotels directly on Pfeiffer State Beach; however, there are several options nearby:

Ragged Point Inn & Resort: Located 20 miles south of Pfeiffer State Beach, Ragged Point Inn offers comfortable accommodations with stunning ocean views.
Big Sur Lodge: Nestled within Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, this lodge offers convenient access to the beach and other park attractions.
Ventana Big Sur: Situated just a few miles north of Pfeiffer State Beach, this luxury resort provides a serene and upscale stay amidst the natural beauty of Big Sur.

Beach Amenities

Pfeiffer State Beach offers the following amenities:

Restrooms
Picnic tables
Limited parking (arrive early as it fills up quickly)
An entrance fee is required ($10 per vehicle)

Pfeiffer State Beach is an excellent destination for those looking to escape the crowds and enjoy a peaceful holiday surrounded by stunning natural beauty. While it may not be ideal for snorkeling or diving enthusiasts, there are plenty of other activities to enjoy at this remarkable beach.