When will the power be back in Seaside, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Seaside is a city of about 31,524 residents in Monterey County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Seaside by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Seaside is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Seaside:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Seaside: the closest other places we track are Monterey, about 4 miles to the southwest; Marina, about 5 miles to the north; Pacific Grove, about 6 miles to the west; and Salinas, about 11 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Watsonville (21 mi N), Santa Cruz (27 mi NW), Hollister (28 mi NE), Soledad (29 mi SE), Gilroy (29 mi NE), Scotts Valley (32 mi N), Morgan Hill (37 mi N) and Greenfield (38 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Los Gatos (43 mi); northeast toward Los Banos (62 mi); east toward Mendota (80 mi); southeast toward King City (47 mi); and northwest toward Belmont (67 mi).
Who serves Seaside?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Monterey County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Central Coast Community Energy also serves parts of Monterey County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Seaside's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 208 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 9 — 208 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 7 — 45 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 23 — 27 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Monterey County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 7.8 hr. The full record for Monterey County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Seaside, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Seaside's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Seaside, CA?
To check your own street, search a Seaside ZIP code — 93955 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Seaside specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Seaside we have the city-level view: Pacific Gas & Electric has published outages for Seaside under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Seaside is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Monterey County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Seaside.
