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.
🆘 11 active incidents
Ongoing
🎨 Monterey Museum of Art — Current Exhibitions · Monterey Museum of Art · through Dec 31 🎨 Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada · 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
WED Wednesday, September 30
🎬
2 pm
EARLY PASS PICK UPS AT THE GOLDEN BOUGH
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
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6 pm
VIP FILMMAKER KICK-OFF PARTY/GALA AT MISSION BISTRO RESTAURANT and MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN
Mission Bistro · Carmel-by-the-Sea
THU Thursday, October 1
🎬
All day
ARTIST LOUNGE
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
9 am
OPENING REMARKS
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
9:15 am
We Simply Liked It: Steinbeck, Ricketts, & the Return of the Western Flyer
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
10 am
People of the West - Episode 2
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
11 am
Industry Panel with Q&A
Cypress Inn · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
11:15 am
NIKI•TOMI•BETO
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
+8 more this day →
FRI Friday, October 2
🎬
All day
ARTIST LOUNGE
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
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8 am
Mission Foods Racing America @ Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
🅿
🎬
9 am
Life is (a) Short
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
9:25 am
Some Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
9:50 am
REDLINING
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
10:20 am
Industy Panel with Q&A
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
+12 more this day →
SAT Saturday, October 3
🏁
Day 2 of 3
Mission Foods Racing America @ Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
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🎬
All day
ARTIST LOUNGE
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
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7 am
Caffeine Cruisers
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
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9 am
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
🎬
9 am
After Death
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🎬
9:11 am
Baby Can’t Wait
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
+15 more this day →
SUN Sunday, October 4
🏁
Day 3 of 3
Mission Foods Racing America @ Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
🅿
🎬
All day
ARTIST LOUNGE
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🚗
8 am
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
🎬
9 am
Holdfast Together: Keepers of California's Kelp
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
🚗
9 am
BMW CCA Cars & Coffee: Moss Landing
The Power Plant Coffee & Store, 7990 California 1 · Moss Landing
🎬
9:30 am
Eliette’s Garden
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
+14 more this day →
FRI Friday, October 9
🎪
3 pm
Biers & Gears: Oktoberfest & Moto
Monterey County Fair & Event Center · Monterey
Coming up
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Carmel International Film Festival 2026
Sep 30–Oct 4 · Carmel-by-the-Sea — Screenings and panels at the Golden Bough Playhouse, parties at Mission Bistro, Cypress Inn and Mad Dogs & Englishmen — every session on one map with where to park.
the schedule →
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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 →
Specialty maps
🌊
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 this week
Every event that costs nothing to attend — shows, walks, cars & coffee, open studios — each verified against its own page, with the paid look-alikes called out.
spend $0 →
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Live Traffic & Logistics
Closures, patrols, jams and live venues on one operational map: closed roads in red, scheduled closures in pink, enforcement zones, highway and plate-reader cameras.
see the jams →
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Enforcement
This year's crackdown, mapped: city-limit patrol zones, sound-meter sites, and the Bixby no-stopping ban — with the rule and the source for each one.
know the zones →
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Plate readers
Every Flock ALPR camera mapped across the county. Permanent fixtures, not Car Week extras — 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, traffic, transit, ships, planes, surf — and this year's enforcement zones, from the Bixby parking ban to Car Week patrol hotspots.
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 →
🎯
My Garage
The Car Week 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 Car Week event organizer.