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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	11	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	7
Energy(?)	1130	934	1317	1005	775	413	712	553	693	419	863	649	412	944	3400	2847	743	1735	555	2414	750	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 2.03		12:05AM 2.58	12:01PM 2.66		12:29AM 2.10	12:40PM 2.48		12:58AM 2.21	1:38PM 2.57		1:33AM 2.92		2:24PM 1.85	2:05AM 2.33		3:21PM 1.73	2:43AM 2.75		4:32PM 2.17	3:01AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 0.55		6:01AM 0.92	6:16PM 0.06		6:34AM 0.67	6:49PM 0.18		7:26AM 0.49	6:40PM 0.38		8:10AM -0.13	7:59PM 0.52		8:59AM -0.18		8:33PM 1.22	8:53AM 0.33		8:35PM 0.74	10:36AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	18	19	14	17	18	16	19	19	17	25	16	17	21	15	15	14	20	14	17	18	13	10
Low °C	13	17	14	13	18	13	16	16	16	20	15	15	18	14	10	10	20	8	14	18	12	10
Chill °C (?)	18	19	14	17	18	16	19	19	17	25	16	17	21	14	15	14	20	12	17	18	12	7
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.2 NW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	15	14	10	10	14	11	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	15	15	12	12	10	6	11	15	11	10	14	14	21	21	13	19	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	1.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.3 NW	-	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	11	9	10	10	10	-	-	11	-	7

	Tuesday 17						Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1086	1130	1225	1343	1555	1564	1000	1179	1159	1005	611	749	690	604	546	631	654	529	293	744	751	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:14AM 2.64				11:58PM 2.43				11:12AM 1.60				12:29AM 2.10				11:17AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	5:19AM 0.58				5:44PM -0.01				6:00AM 0.36				6:16PM 0.06				6:41AM 0.16				6:05PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	18	17	15	14	13	15	13	17	23	18	16	16	16	16	16	20	26	19	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	18	18	17	15	14	13	15	13	17	23	18	16	16	16	16	16	20	26	19	15	16
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 NW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 S	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 W
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	13	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	6

	Tuesday 17																		Wednesday 18
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.7 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.8 SSW	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1018	1013	1043	1104	1108	1077	758	1159	1197	1325	426	1343	1356	1512	1555	1553	1616	1073	449	1337	1151	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							11:05AM 2.50													12:05AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	5:19AM 0.58												5:44PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	15	17	18	18	18	17	23	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	25	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	14	15	17	18	18	18	17	23	17	16	14	15	14	14	13	25	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.7 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.8 SSW	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

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