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Beach Weather Today in Pfeiffer State Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 15° which is very warm and perfect for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 11° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit.

Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 25%.

The winds will be side shore and moderate at 16kmh from the North West. The moderate winds will keep the temperatures feeling fresher.

Pfeiffer State Beach faces Southwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 07:28 PM. Unfortunately there are chances that 67% cloud cover 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

Today - Sunday the maximum daily temperatures will be 15° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 11° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit.

Today, Sunday will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 25%.

PFEIFFER STATE BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

06:58 AM 07:28 PM

04:22 PM

05:16 AM

Sun 29th March

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

13°	13°	11°	17°	26°	16°	13°	13°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	73%	67%	60%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°

06:56 AM 07:29 PM

05:27 PM

05:43 AM

Mon 30th March

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

12°	11°	11°	12°	13°	13°	13°	12°
83%	70%	86%	84%	69%	84%	100%	100%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°

06:55 AM 07:30 PM

06:29 PM

06:07 AM

Tue 31st March

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

12°	11°	12°	13°	14°	13°	12°	12°
100%	100%	100%	100%	98%	92%	78%	71%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°

06:53 AM 07:30 PM

07:31 PM

06:31 AM

Wed 1st April

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

12°	11°	11°	13°	14°	14°	14°	13°
50%	19%	31%	24%	19%	23%	12%	72%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°

06:52 AM 07:31 PM

08:32 PM

06:55 AM

Thu 2nd April

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

13°	13°	12°	13°	13°	12°	11°	10°
45%	92%	94%	29%	53%	0%	0%	1%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
9°	9°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°

06:51 AM 07:32 PM

09:34 PM

07:21 AM

Fri 3rd April

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

10°	9°	10°	12°	15°	15°	14°	12°
1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	4%	4%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°

06:49 AM 07:33 PM

10:35 PM

07:50 AM

Sat 4th April

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

12°	12°	13°	14°	16°	15°	14°	13°
3%	3%	1%	0%	1%	3%	4%	3%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°

06:58 AM 07:28 PM

04:22 PM

05:16 AM

Sun 29th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
9 kmh	8 kmh	7 kmh	13 kmh	16 kmh	11 kmh	4 kmh	9 kmh

0.7m	0.7m	0.6m	1.2m	1.2m	1.1m	1.1m	1.0m

10.2s	10.1s	10.1s	9.8s	9.6s	9.5s	9.4s	5.3s

06:56 AM 07:29 PM

05:27 PM

05:43 AM

Mon 30th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
14 kmh	14 kmh	18 kmh	8 kmh	18 kmh	16 kmh	13 kmh	12 kmh

1.1m	1.0m	0.8m	0.9m	1.1m	1.1m	1.0m	0.8m

9.0s	8.9s	8.8s	6.1s	8.3s	8.2s	5.2s	12.3s

06:55 AM 07:30 PM

06:29 PM

06:07 AM

Tue 31st March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
17 kmh	9 kmh	14 kmh	10 kmh	15 kmh	8 kmh	20 kmh	11 kmh

0.5m	1.1m	0.9m	0.8m	0.7m	0.7m	0.8m	0.7m

5.8s	7.8s	8.1s	8.1s	8.0s	8.0s	8.1s	9.7s

06:53 AM 07:30 PM

07:31 PM

06:31 AM

Wed 1st April

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

0.7m	0.6m	0.6m	0.6m	0.6m	0.7m	0.6m	0.6m

9.5s	9.1s	8.9s	8.6s	8.5s	8.3s	13.2s	12.7s

06:52 AM 07:31 PM

08:32 PM

06:55 AM

Thu 2nd April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
13 kmh	8 kmh	18 kmh	30 kmh	37 kmh	40 kmh	39 kmh	27 kmh

0.6m	0.6m	0.7m	1.1m	1.4m	1.4m	1.4m	0.9m

12.6s	12.5s	12.1s	11.7s	11.3s	12.0s	12.4s	12.0s

06:51 AM 07:32 PM

09:34 PM

07:21 AM

Fri 3rd April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
16 kmh	19 kmh	19 kmh	18 kmh	18 kmh	16 kmh	15 kmh	8 kmh

0.6m	0.5m	0.6m	0.8m	0.7m	0.5m	0.4m	0.3m

12.1s	12.4s	12.3s	12.1s	11.8s	11.6s	11.4s	11.1s

06:49 AM 07:33 PM

10:35 PM

07:50 AM

Sat 4th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
10 kmh	13 kmh	10 kmh	8 kmh	12 kmh	12 kmh	7 kmh	5 kmh

0.5m	0.6m	0.5m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m

10.9s	10.8s	10.5s	10.3s	10.2s	10.1s	9.8s	9.6s

06:58 AM 07:28 PM

04:22 PM

05:16 AM

Sun 29th March

2:33 AM	8:23 AM	3:11 PM	9:43 PM

0.56	1.52	-0.07	1.39

06:56 AM 07:29 PM

05:27 PM

05:43 AM

Mon 30th March

3:24 AM	9:17 AM	3:47 PM	10:11 PM

0.41	1.49	0.02	1.46

06:55 AM 07:30 PM

06:29 PM

06:07 AM

Tue 31st March

4:10 AM	10:07 AM	4:19 PM	10:37 PM

0.27	1.43	0.14	1.52

06:53 AM 07:30 PM

07:31 PM

06:31 AM

Wed 1st April

4:52 AM	10:55 AM	4:48 PM	11:02 PM

0.16	1.36	0.27	1.57

06:52 AM 07:31 PM

08:32 PM

06:55 AM

Thu 2nd April

5:33 AM	11:42 AM	5:15 PM	11:26 PM

0.09	1.27	0.42	1.59

06:51 AM 07:32 PM

09:34 PM

07:21 AM

Fri 3rd April

6:13 AM	12:30 PM	5:40 PM	11:51 PM

0.04	1.19	0.56	1.59

06:49 AM 07:33 PM

10:35 PM

07:50 AM

Sat 4th April

6:54 AM	1:22 PM	6:03 PM

0.02	1.11	0.69

Sun 29th March

28°
0.0mm
14kmh NNW
25%

Mon 30th March

13°
0.0mm
13kmh NW
84%

Tue 31st March

14°
0.0mm
15kmh NW
92%

Wed 1st April

15°
0.0mm
9kmh NW
31%

Thu 2nd April

13°
0.0mm
27kmh NW
39%

Fri 3rd April

15°
0.0mm
16kmh ESE
1%

Sat 4th April

16°
0.0mm
9kmh NW
2%

Sun 5th April

17°
0.0mm
8kmh WNW
1%

Mon 6th April

15°
0.0mm
10kmh W
3%

Tue 7th April

15°
0.0mm
11kmh NW
41%

Wed 8th April

15°
0.0mm
10kmh NW
6%

Thu 9th April

14°
0.0mm
19kmh WNW
43%

Fri 10th April

12°
0.0mm
19kmh NW
58%

Sat 11th April

12°
0.0mm
19kmh NW
56%

Next 14 day Beach Weather in Pfeiffer State Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 15° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 10° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit. There will be no rainy days at all. Average cloud cover will be 34%.

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.