As of Tuesday 6:00pm, the best window this week is Wed dusk, 3.8 of 10 - rough, held back by swell.
A quiet week. Last rang October 17, 2026 - 24 days ago.
Right now
Water, measured
67F
Monterey Harbor (NOAA), 10.6 km away, this hour · the bell wants 53F or warmer
Wind, measured
0 kn
Monterey Airport, 10.3 km away, this hour · the glass line is 7 kn
Wind vs model
-5.0 kn
measured lighter than modeled at dawn, 18 hours compared at Monterey Airport · watched, not yet applied
Buoy, right now
6.6 ft @ 10.0 s
from 315° · 407 h ago
Tide
-0.3 ft rising
high 3.8 at 12:28am
Satellite clarity
clear
Kd490 0.065, 15 days old · a witness, not a forecast
Dry spell
72 h+
the gate wants 72 hours without rain
Plankton
clear
chlorophyll 1.0 mg/m³ by satellite · green water is plankton
Moon
new · 2%
full in 14 days · new in 28
The water index
Wed dusk - this bell's best window this week, scored on its own water.
The week, scored
Each window is scored 1 to 10 for this water alone; 7 is worth the drive. The bell rings only when every condition aligns and holds across two readings.
Wed dawn3.5
swell 4.3 ft @ 9.7 s from 290° · wind 3.6 kn · tide 3.7 ft ↑ · cloud 0% · first light 6:11am · sun up 6:41am
held back by swell · Whalers Cove
Wed dusk3.8
swell 3.9 ft @ 9.6 s from 292° · wind 5.2 kn · tide 1.7 ft ↓ · cloud 7% · sun down 5:01pm
held back by swell · Whalers Cove
Thu dawn3.1
swell 4.8 ft @ 10.7 s from 292° · wind 2.2 kn · tide 3.6 ft ↑ · cloud 100% · first light 6:12am · sun up 6:42am
held back by swell · Whalers Cove
Thu dusk3.0
swell 5.2 ft @ 11.4 s from 289° · wind 4.6 kn · tide 2.5 ft ↓ · cloud 100% · sun down 5:00pm
held back by swell · Whalers Cove
Fri dawn3.4
swell 5.3 ft @ 10.8 s from 281° · wind 4.9 kn · tide 3.5 ft ↑ · cloud 66% · first light 6:13am · sun up 6:43am
held back by swell · Whalers Cove
Fri dusk3.0
swell 4.7 ft @ 11.4 s from 284° · wind 6.0 kn · tide 3.2 ft ↓ · cloud 100% · sun down 5:00pm
held back by swell · Whalers Cove
Sat dawn1.0
swell 12.4 ft @ 13.5 s from 293° · wind 6.4 kn · tide 3.5 ft ↓ · cloud 91% · first light 6:14am · sun up 6:44am
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Sat dusk1.0
swell 11.6 ft @ 13.0 s from 294° · wind 6.2 kn · tide 3.7 ft ↓ · cloud 72% · sun down 4:59pm
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Sun dawn1.0
swell 6.9 ft @ 10.9 s from 291° · wind 2.1 kn · tide 3.7 ft ↓ · cloud 93% · first light 6:15am · sun up 6:45am
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Sun dusk1.0
swell 5.2 ft @ 10.2 s from 289° · wind 5.2 kn · tide 4.0 ft ↓ · cloud 70% · sun down 4:58pm
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Mon dawn1.0
swell 8.8 ft @ 12.6 s from 291° · wind 7.7 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↓ · cloud 100% · first light 6:16am · sun up 6:46am
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Mon dusk1.0
swell 9.0 ft @ 12.5 s from 292° · wind 6.9 kn · tide 4.1 ft ↓ · cloud 77% · sun down 4:58pm
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Tue dawn1.0
swell 7.3 ft @ 11.2 s from 296° · wind 2.8 kn · tide 4.1 ft ↓ · cloud 5% · first light 6:17am · sun up 6:47am
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Tue dusk1.0
swell 6.3 ft @ 10.6 s from 297° · wind 8.1 kn · tide 3.8 ft ↑ · cloud 63% · sun down 4:57pm
held back by rain · Whalers Cove
Lights, left to right: flat · glass · dry · sun · warm. All five, held across two readings, and the bell rings.
The tide
Three days, from the same predictions the forecast reads. Shaded: the dawn and dusk windows.
Water temperature
The weather model's sea-surface temperature: four days past, three ahead (dotted), today marked. Where a pier or NOAA station measures the water, that reading is the card under Right now.
The water, mapped
Gold: the coves the bell names this week. Filled: placed where USGS place names and OpenStreetMap agree; hollow: one source. Blue: the instruments this bell reads, with their distance. The arrow: the week's best swell, arriving from its direction.
The coves
Whalers Covenamed this weekrang here October 17, 2026 40 ft · boat ramp; reserve a dive permit ahead · Middle Reef's hydrocoral; the cove IS the reserve — permits cap divers
Bluefish Covenamed this week 60 ft · swim or scooter from Whalers · the drop past the pinnacles — advanced, worth every kick
The instruments
buoy 46239, tide station 9413450, water 67F now (the bell wants 53F or warmer).
When it rings: the rare still mornings inside Carmel Bay. In its casting against years of this water, 24% of mornings reached 7. Rings since casting: 1.
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The ledger
1 ring - 1 held.
Rang
Window
Cove
Promised
The morning
Verdict
Divers reported
October 17, 2026
dusk
Whalers Cove
8.2 · 1.8 ft @ 10.4 s · 5.6 kn · 65F · from the log