Monterey Peninsula · Big Sur · live now
The coast,
live.
One free live map of the Monterey Peninsula and the Big Sur coast — what's on this week, the scenic drives, 16 mapped Big Sur turnouts, road and fire status, and a live webcam. No app, no signup.
🛣 Highway 1 (Big Sur): open · Caltrans reports no Highway 1 closure in the Big Sur area.
🆘 9 active incidents
Ongoing
🎨 Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada · Monterey Museum of Art · through Dec 31 🎨 Monterey Museum of Art — Current Exhibitions · Monterey Museum of Art · through Dec 31 🎨 Open Studios Santa Cruz County 2026 (41st Annual) · County-wide (Santa Cruz County) · through Oct 18What's on this week
SAT Saturday, October 17
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7 am
Caffeine Cruisers
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
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9 am
North Salinas High Car Show
North Salinas High School, 55 Kip Dr · Salinas
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9 am
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
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3 pm
Wholehearted Chorus: The Way Knows the Way (Hidden Valley)
Hidden Valley Music Seminars · Carmel Valley
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7:30 pm
Monterey Symphony: Appalachian Spring + Alexi Kenney
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
SUN Sunday, October 18
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8 am
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
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9 am
Scotts Valley Cars & Coffee
Cruise Coffee, 246 Kings Village Rd · Scotts Valley
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10:30 am
East of Eden & Engines Car Show
Salinas City Heritage Park (1 Station Pl) · Salinas
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3 pm
Wholehearted Chorus: The Way Knows the Way (Pacific Grove)
Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center · Pacific Grove
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3 pm
Monterey Symphony: Appalachian Spring + Alexi Kenney (matinee)
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
TUE Tuesday, October 20
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5 pm
SPCA Dog Bar — Carmel Mission Inn
Carmel Mission Inn · Carmel
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7 pm
Wholehearted Chorus: The Way Knows the Way (Sunset Center)
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
SAT Saturday, October 24
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7 am
Caffeine Cruisers
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
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8 am
Pacific Motorcycle Training — on track at Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
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8 am
Track Time — on track at Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
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9 am
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
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11 am
SPCA Halloween Tricks and Treats
SPCA for Monterey County · Salinas
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2 pm
Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade & Costume Contest
Carmel Plaza · Carmel-by-the-Sea
+2 more this day →
SUN Sunday, October 25
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Day 2 of 2
Pacific Motorcycle Training — on track at Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
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8 am
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
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4 pm
Dogma Yappy Hour — SPCA benefit
Dogmafit, 236 Crossroads Blvd · Carmel
Coming up
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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2027
Feb 1–7, 2027 · Pebble Beach — The PGA TOUR Signature Event on Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill — tournament rounds Thursday to Sunday, Feb 4–7.
the schedule →
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Monterey Jazz Festival 2027
Sep 24–26, 2027 · Monterey County Fairgrounds — The 70th Monterey Jazz Festival — three days on the fairgrounds. Lineup and schedule to be announced by the festival.
the schedule →
Specialty maps
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Big Sur drive
Highway 1 from Carmel to Cambria with the 16 legal turnouts, the live road status, and where you can actually stop.
drive the coast →
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Free things to do
Art walks, farmers markets, tidepools, trails and cars & coffee that cost nothing — each checked against its own page, with paid parking called out.
spend $0 →
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Ocean today
Surf, dive and tidepool conditions for 13 spots from Santa Cruz to Point Lobos: live buoys, water temperature, wind, tides and the next good low tides.
check the ocean →
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Add your event
Car event coming up? Put it on the map for free. Paste a link and we fill in the rest.
list it →
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Weather map
Watch the fog, wind and rain move across the bay, then slide 48 hours ahead. With Lee Solomon's local forecast from Beyond Weather.
Lee Solomon's latest Quickcast
Beyond Weather is Lee's new local business. Subscribing and downloading his app help him keep forecasting the coast. The iPhone app is on its way to the App Store.
watch the fog →
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Weathercam
A live 4K view out over Monterey Bay: watch the fog come and go, and a full 24 hours in a few minutes with the daily timelapse.
see the bay now →
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Road Conditions
Closures, CHP incidents and highway cameras on one live map: closed roads in red, scheduled closures in pink, enforcement zones and live venues.
check the roads →
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Enforcement
What's enforced right now: the Bixby no-parking ban, plate readers, Carmel's loud-vehicle rule and the Big Sur shoulder bans — with the source for each one.
know the zones →
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Plate readers
Every Flock ALPR camera mapped across the county. Permanent fixtures — they read every plate that passes, all year.
see the cameras →
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Fire & road status
Every active incident in the region, the evacuation zones, and Highway 1's status — checked against CAL FIRE, CalOES and Caltrans automatically, around the clock.
check before you drive →
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Event Venues
The peninsula's event venues on one map, each pulsing while something is actually running — an hour before through an hour after. Just where the week is right now.
see what's on →
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Live webcam
Live over Monterey Bay with viewer-controlled presets — take the wheel and look around the coast right now.
look around →
Everything on the coast
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Car Spotter
Snap a car, we blur the plate and pin it on the map, an AI IDs it, and you get the spot credited to you.
play →
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Spotted Cars
Every car spotted around Monterey, live on one map. Watch the supercars roll in as people spot them.
see the map →
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Spotters' Gallery
The leaderboard plus every car spotted around Monterey — who's found the most, and the photos to prove it.
see the board →
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The map
30+ live layers: events, galleries, road closures, live buses and trains, ships, planes, surf — and the enforcement in force now, from the Bixby parking ban to plate readers.
open →
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The live channel
A self-running broadcast: the bay webcam, 3D circuit flyovers, today's board, and cars as they're spotted — with an AI pit-lane commentary voice.
watch →
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My Garage
The car Pokédex. Photograph an F40, a 917, a 250 GTO on the street — the AI verifies it and you've caught it. 50 legends and rarities to collect.
start collecting →
How to use it
STEP 1
Open the map
Works in any browser. Add it to your home screen and it installs like an app — same live map everywhere.
STEP 2
Turn on what you care about
The layers button holds everything — events, drives, turnouts, enforcement, ships, weather. Tap a pin for the full story and directions.
STEP 3
Spot, catch, share
See something rare? Open the Car Spotter, snap it, and the AI adds it to your garage. Follow a guided drive and your finish earns a badge.
Press & story angles: the press kit · put the webcam or map on your own site free: embeds · every feature explained: the guide · data sources & credits: who we rely on. Independent project — not affiliated with any event organizer.