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

	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	6	16	7	7	18	13	8	12	10	10	11	11	10	10	8	9	10	12	10
Energy(?)	496	541	476	367	139	267	547	136	433	677	1936	940	974	1139	1588	1457	1151	677	673	731	2212	855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 1.89	10:49AM 2.23		10:58PM 2.02	10:33AM 2.24		11:27PM 2.09	11:26AM 1.65		11:00PM 1.45	11:01AM 1.81		10:21PM 2.01	11:28AM 1.61		10:35PM 1.96	11:08AM 1.46		12:23AM 1.43		1:18PM 0.83	12:57AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		4:48AM 0.66	5:27PM -0.18		4:34AM 0.87	5:06PM 0.39		5:24AM 0.32	3:53PM 0.44		4:59AM 0.64	5:02PM 0.66		5:27AM 0.62	5:27PM 0.28		5:11AM 0.62	5:51PM 0.53		7:30AM 0.67	5:54PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	16	13	17	17	14	18	13	10	10	17	13	20	17	15	19	20	10	19	16	15
Low °C	12	14	14	11	16	15	12	17	10	8	9	12	9	18	14	14	18	15	10	19	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	11	17	16	13	18	11	8	7	16	12	20	16	14	19	20	7	19	14	15
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 S	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 NW	0.1 SW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	13	13	8	12	7	7	13	13	12	16	10	11	15	10	10	13	13	10	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	10	18	16	16	16	17	18	12	16	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	16	18	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	-	2.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	6	-	7	7	-	6	8	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	8	9	-	12	-

	Sun		Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	539	534	566	513	520	516	414	358	715	855	705	531	222	581	220	294	274	519	547	500	503	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 1.89			9:44AM 2.32								9:18AM 2.10					10:33PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	4:48PM -0.25			3:46AM 1.00								3:30AM 0.76				3:06PM 0.26					4:22AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	13	13	13	15	15	13	16	13	14	13	15	16	19	17	16	14	13	13	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	16	12	13	12	15	16	19	17	16	13	12	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	12	16	17	12	15	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	9	8	-	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7

	Sunday 01							Monday 02
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	14	13	13	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	461	507	539	235	453	453	453	587	101	265	206	205	181	283	280	183	194	303	298	259	273	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							10:27PM 1.94									7:56AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	4:48PM -0.25										2:45AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	12	12	12	12	13	15	12	11	11	16	12	10	17	19	15	16	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	11	11	11	11	12	14	11	10	10	16	10	9	17	19	15	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	6	13	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	19	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	5	5	6	5	4	6	6	4	4	4	3	4

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