California Surf

Detailed California surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in California. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in California. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in California over the next 7 days. Surf photos from California and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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California Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 W	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	1.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	9	7	10	10	10	13	12	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	14	7	8	8	8	10
Energy(?)	337	284	136	254	4134	2196	832	1030	1148	787	1187	1157	475	296	229	308	328	534	139	282	1091	2509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 1.92	11:07AM 1.59		2:39AM 2.22		3:18PM 1.99	12:31AM 1.88		3:24PM 1.22	1:19AM 1.46		6:23PM 1.12		4:25AM 1.92		8:17PM 1.40	6:14AM 2.58		8:58PM 1.98	7:28AM 2.62		8:44PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 0.63	5:48PM 0.79	8:18PM 0.44	9:29AM 0.14			8:59AM 0.58	6:55PM 1.11		10:18AM 0.07		10:04PM 1.05	11:56AM -0.02	1:45PM -0.04	12:08AM 1.11		1:56PM 0.39	1:24AM 1.56		2:55PM 0.29	1:18AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	2	45	31	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	13	12	12	14	11	14	18	14	11	13	13	14	16	14	15	13	19	12	21	14	14
Low °C	7	12	11	11	14	11	14	18	13	11	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	16	9	19	14	12
Chill °C (?)	5	11	10	10	12	8	14	18	13	9	10	11	14	16	13	15	13	18	11	21	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 SW	1.1 NW	2.5 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.7 SW	0.9 NW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	9	10	9	7	15	10	10	10	12	8	11	9	9	9	9	7	6	15	8	8	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	9	11	13	15	13	9	11	11	11	10	8	16	8	14	8	7	13	10	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	2.5 SW	1.0 SSE	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	-	1.9 NW	0.8 NNW	-	2.4 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	7	-	5	6	10	-	-	-	7	-	9	6	-	-	6	6	-	7	5	-	8	10

	Fri		Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 S	2.3 S	1.8 SW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	6	8	8	10	9	9	13	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1057	589	677	506	744	513	393	226	227	59	270	851	552	1054	1754	3586	2079	1939	1748	1549	1450	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:47PM 1.92	2:04AM 2.16			11:23AM 1.48					1:41AM 1.76				3:37PM 1.53				3:02AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)						8:12AM 0.71			5:48PM 0.79					8:15AM 0.19				8:36PM 1.16				9:24AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	9	8	7	9	12	13	12	16	10	10	11	12	12	14	11	11	12	12	13	18
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	5	3	6	12	12	12	16	8	8	9	11	10	12	9	9	10	10	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.2 SW	0.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 NW	2.5 SW	1.7 WNW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	8	9	8	10	9	9	6	9	11	12	8	10	13	10	13	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.2 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	14	13	14	9	13	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	9	11	11	10	13	9	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 S	2.3 S	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	4	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	7	9	10	-	3	3	3	-	-

	Friday 20							Saturday 21
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.3 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	13	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1161	757	1057	329	300	206	1015	520	677	93	216	215	186	156	188	745	503	513	547	644	701	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								11:56PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				7:44PM 0.24													8:12AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	9	8	8	12	9	9	11	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	6	5	5	10	8	8	10	5	3	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	9	9	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	2.3 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	7	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	3	8	4	4	4	4	4	4

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