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

	Tue		Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	8	12	10	11	11	8	11	11	10	13	10	9	12	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	262	535	200	393	317	2201	940	1492	1098	1833	1272	995	1120	4079	252	1304	466	465	1865	428	909	902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 1.45	9:14AM 2.05		11:00PM 1.45	9:52AM 1.88		11:27PM 1.47	10:30AM 1.68		11:15PM 1.50			12:42AM 1.48			1:14AM 1.47		3:59PM 0.80	1:59AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				4:35PM 0.49			3:53PM 0.06		4:31AM 0.58	5:00PM 0.80		6:46AM 0.22	5:51PM 0.53		8:24AM 0.23	4:34PM 1.03		9:54AM 0.31	5:57PM 0.79	7:01PM 1.26	9:46AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	22	17	15	9	17	11	17	12	15	22	18	14	22	13	15	17	15	7	19	19
Low °C	14	13	20	13	14	9	12	8	14	12	14	19	17	11	18	13	13	16	13	7	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	22	16	15	7	16	10	17	9	14	22	17	13	22	12	15	17	14	4	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 WNW	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	7	15	12	8	12	16	11	11	14	11	11	15	13	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	17	13	14	16	14	14	14	15	16	13	13	13	13	14	18	12	12	12	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-	2.4 WNW	1.4 NNW	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	-	-	8	-	-	10	13	-	9	-	-	10	8	-	11

	Tuesday 03				Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Studio Drive CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	1.7 NW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	7	7	18	18	7	17	6	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	389	266	220	508	535	260	209	541	225	439	859	569	1205	1385	1096	1057	2082	1748	2849	3262	1492	1314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:33PM 1.41								11:00PM 1.45			9:49AM 1.85	11:33AM 1.31				11:54PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)						3:11AM 0.59					4:05PM -0.03				6:10AM 0.28				5:07PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	15	13	13	15	15	15	17	22	16	10	9	9	7	16	16	9	13	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	12	12	15	15	14	17	22	16	8	7	8	4	16	16	6	12	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.2 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	12	8	6	7	8	7	7	7	15	7	13	8	8	16	10	10	11	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	12	12	17	15	15	18	17	17	16	15	13	12	11	12	16	16	15	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	-	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	7	-	6	7	8	8	8	9	-	10	-	10	10	-	-

	Tuesday 03													Wednesday 04
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Studio Drive CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	16	7	7	6	6	6	16	8	6	14	7	18	7	6
Energy(?)	229	392	272	228	262	255	193	261	111	104	140	141	465	168	101	260	188	250	375	148	111	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													10:33PM 1.41	11:07PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)						3:06PM 0.26													4:23AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	20	18	16	17	15	15	16	17	12	13	11	11	14	11	11	13	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	20	18	16	17	14	15	16	17	11	11	10	9	14	10	8	12	9	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	8	7	12	12	7	8	16	8	7	7	12	6	12	13	8	17	14	7	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	16	17	16	12	16	12	18	13	16	18	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.4 SW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	7	-	-	6	-	-	4	6	6	6	5	-	6	6	7	6	6	6

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