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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Salsipuedes Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	16	13	13	15	13	13	14	13	10	18	18	16
Energy(?)	542	445	492	482	477	532	480	538	270	393	339	245	260	346	122	141	230	209	103	365	242	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 1.08	5:54PM 1.88		10:18AM 1.26	7:59PM 1.61	8:31PM 1.72	9:43AM 1.19			8:56AM 1.67			10:39AM 1.73		8:43PM 1.86	9:33AM 1.54		12:10AM 2.17	12:56PM 2.74		10:08PM 2.05	10:32AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.94		3:05AM 0.12			3:40AM 0.01		2:21PM 1.22	2:32AM -0.10	1:59PM 0.93	2:14PM 0.98	2:53AM 0.15		3:53PM 0.95	3:28AM -0.12		3:22PM 0.28		6:37AM 0.46	7:00PM 0.74	4:20AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	23	25	25	15	18	26	14	23	23	15	17	22	21	21	23	17	18	20	17	21
Low °C	19	20	21	23	25	14	16	25	14	21	23	15	14	22	20	17	22	16	16	19	14	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	23	25	25	15	18	26	13	23	23	14	17	22	21	21	23	17	18	20	17	21
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	16	6	6	15	14	6	13	13	13	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	7	5	9	10	13	16	18	12	13	16	16	8	6	8	8	11	13	7	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	6	-	-

	Tuesday 02						Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Salsipuedes Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	538	417	578	614	561	573	520	586	502	508	357	566	637	545	532	543	510	551	485	453	532	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:26AM 1.43			7:11PM 1.50					8:28AM 1.49			7:32PM 2.00						11:10AM 2.16		7:23PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 1.10					2:30AM 0.39			12:51PM 1.25					2:03AM -0.02				3:55PM 1.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	29	17	20	16	16	17	17	23	25	23	24	18	18	23	23	24	16	18	17	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	29	17	20	16	16	17	17	23	25	23	24	18	18	23	23	24	16	18	16	22	22
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	7	14	7	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	6	16	16	16	6	16	6	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	18	18	9	15	9	15	6	7	5	9	5	9	7	16	6	6	6	16	12	16	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	1.1 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	-	7	-	7	7	-	6	5	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02																		Wednesday 03
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Salsipuedes Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	498	441	511	577	555	542	584	451	512	408	355	439	435	429	445	445	440	276	269	279	492	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					9:29AM 1.07									6:40PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)								12:30PM 1.37													1:33AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	20	20	22	21	20	24	23	22	24	19	18	22	21	21	15	15	16	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	20	20	22	21	20	24	23	22	24	19	18	22	21	21	15	14	16	22	22
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	8	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	5	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	18	4	10	18	9	15	8	15	18	10	18	10	15	7	5	5	5	8	8	14	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	4	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	5	-

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