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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun Best	Jul Best	Aug Best	Sep Best	Oct	Nov	Dec
17°	17°	20°	22° Tan	25° Tan	29° Tan	32° Tan	32° Tan	29° Tan	26° Tan	21°	17°
Sea 13°	Sea 14°	Sea 13°	Sea 13°	Sea 13°	Sea 13°	Sea 16°	Sea 17°	Sea 17°	Sea 16°	Sea 15°	Sea 14°

Beach Weather Today in Pfeiffer State Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 14° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 12° 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 0%.

The winds will be cross-off shore and moderate at 21kmh from the East-Northeast. The moderate winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler.

Pfeiffer State Beach faces Southwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 05:36 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.

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 13° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

There will be no rainy days at all this weekend. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 7%.

PFEIFFER STATE BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

07:08 AM 05:36 PM

07:53 PM

08:15 AM

Tue 3rd February

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

14°	13°	14°	14°	22°	24°	19°	16°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:07 AM 05:37 PM

08:57 PM

08:40 AM

Wed 4th February

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

17°	16°	15°	15°	20°	21°	19°	17°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:06 AM 05:39 PM

09:59 PM

09:04 AM

Thu 5th February

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

16°	16°	15°	16°	18°	18°	16°	15°
38%	88%	51%	31%	43%	41%	79%	100%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:05 AM 05:40 PM

10:59 PM

09:28 AM

Fri 6th February

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

16°	15°	14°	14°	13°	13°	13°	13°
100%	100%	99%	99%	86%	76%	0%	5%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:04 AM 05:41 PM

No moonrise

09:53 AM

Sat 7th February

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

13°	12°	12°	13°	15°	15°	13°	13°
5%	17%	5%	0%	0%	0%	3%	4%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:03 AM 05:42 PM

12:00 AM

10:20 AM

Sun 8th February

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

12°	12°	11°	14°	15°	15°	14°	13°
0%	8%	7%	11%	10%	8%	14%	22%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

07:02 AM 05:43 PM

01:01 AM

10:52 AM

Mon 9th February

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

12°	12°	12°	12°	14°	14°	12°	12°
37%	25%	6%	13%	19%	27%	46%	69%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

07:08 AM 05:36 PM

07:53 PM

08:15 AM

Tue 3rd February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
17 kmh	21 kmh	16 kmh	18 kmh	19 kmh	15 kmh	13 kmh	17 kmh

0.5m	0.6m	0.8m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m

13.3s	13.1s	13.2s	13.2s	13.1s	12.3s	12.3s	12.3s

07:07 AM 05:37 PM

08:57 PM

08:40 AM

Wed 4th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
17 kmh	15 kmh	17 kmh	13 kmh	10 kmh	4 kmh	1 kmh	6 kmh

0.4m	0.4m	0.5m	0.3m	0.8m	0.2m	0.1m	0.4m

12.3s	12.4s	12.3s	11.8s	11.8s	14.1s	13.7s	13.7s

07:06 AM 05:39 PM

09:59 PM

09:04 AM

Thu 5th February

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

0.4m	0.2m	0.2m	0.1m	0.1m	0.2m	0.2m	0.3m

14.2s	14.3s	14.0s	13.7s	13.4s	13.2s	13.0s	13.7s

07:05 AM 05:40 PM

10:59 PM

09:28 AM

Fri 6th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
12 kmh	5 kmh	12 kmh	10 kmh	9 kmh	19 kmh	16 kmh	10 kmh

0.3m	0.1m	0.1m	0.1m	0.2m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m

13.0s	16.9s	16.5s	15.8s	15.4s	15.2s	15.0s	14.9s

07:04 AM 05:41 PM

No moonrise

09:53 AM

Sat 7th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
12 kmh	9 kmh	18 kmh	14 kmh	12 kmh	26 kmh	11 kmh	14 kmh

0.2m	0.4m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.7m

14.7s	14.6s	14.4s	14.1s	13.7s	13.4s	13.2s	12.9s

07:03 AM 05:42 PM

12:00 AM

10:20 AM

Sun 8th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
14 kmh	13 kmh	13 kmh	12 kmh	17 kmh	25 kmh	30 kmh	25 kmh

0.6m	0.6m	0.4m	0.4m	0.6m	0.6m	0.9m	0.9m

12.6s	12.7s	12.9s	12.6s	12.3s	12.0s	11.8s	11.8s

07:02 AM 05:43 PM

01:01 AM

10:52 AM

Mon 9th February

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
17 kmh	25 kmh	25 kmh	21 kmh	19 kmh	30 kmh	39 kmh	36 kmh

0.7m	0.7m	0.8m	0.9m	1.2m	1.4m	1.4m	1.5m

11.7s	11.7s	13.7s	14.5s	14.1s	14.0s	14.1s	14.0s

07:08 AM 05:36 PM

07:53 PM

08:15 AM

Tue 3rd February

4:53 AM	10:46 AM	5:39 PM

0.59	1.72	-0.13

07:07 AM 05:37 PM

08:57 PM

08:40 AM

Wed 4th February

12:15 AM	5:46 AM	11:33 AM	6:12 PM

1.44	0.55	1.54	0.04

07:06 AM 05:39 PM

09:59 PM

09:04 AM

Thu 5th February

12:50 AM	6:42 AM	12:22 PM	6:43 PM

1.48	0.52	1.35	0.23

07:05 AM 05:40 PM

10:59 PM

09:28 AM

Fri 6th February

1:24 AM	7:43 AM	1:19 PM	7:11 PM

1.50	0.49	1.15	0.43

07:04 AM 05:41 PM

No moonrise

09:53 AM

Sat 7th February

1:59 AM	8:53 AM	2:34 PM	7:38 PM

1.51	0.46	0.99	0.62

07:03 AM 05:42 PM

12:00 AM

10:20 AM

Sun 8th February

2:37 AM	10:10 AM	4:28 PM	8:01 PM

1.51	0.40	0.89	0.78

07:02 AM 05:43 PM

01:01 AM

10:52 AM

Mon 9th February

3:21 AM	11:27 AM	7:27 PM	8:14 PM

1.51	0.31	0.93	0.90

Tue 3rd February

25°
0.0mm
16kmh NNE
0%

Wed 4th February

22°
0.0mm
8kmh NNE
0%

Thu 5th February

20°
0.0mm
1kmh SW
58%

Fri 6th February

14°
0.0mm
10kmh NNW
70%

Sat 7th February

15°
0.0mm
12kmh N
4%

Sun 8th February

16°
0.0mm
15kmh SW
10%

Mon 9th February

14°
0.0mm
17kmh NNW
30%

Tue 10th February

12°
0.1mm
26kmh NW
33%

Wed 11th February

11°
1.6mm
12kmh WSW
88%

Thu 12th February

12°
0.0mm
11kmh SW
11%

Fri 13th February

13°
0.0mm
7kmh S
29%

Sat 14th February

14°
0.0mm
13kmh S
40%

Sun 15th February

15°
0.1mm
24kmh SSE
47%

Mon 16th February

14°
6.7mm
22kmh SSW
93%

Next 14 day Beach Weather in Pfeiffer State Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 16° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 13° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit. There will be 4 days of light rain with an average of 2.1mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 37%.

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.