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

	Thu		Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	1.6 NNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	13	10	9	12	13	9	16	16	14	15	13	12	13	9	11	12	20	16	15	16	13	13
Energy	497	808	609	595	128	601	474	685	749	515	597	636	435	449	328	388	673	965	899	423	767	1143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:07PM 1.70	4:37AM 1.89	5:07AM 1.52	7:51PM 1.33		7:17AM 1.83	7:48PM 1.81	8:54PM 2.43	8:26AM 2.29		8:20PM 1.91	9:27AM 2.18		10:04PM 1.95	10:30AM 1.62		10:38PM 2.70	11:36AM 1.78		10:58PM 2.62	12:06PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 1.33	12:31PM -0.14		12:59AM 0.82			2:48AM 1.33		2:54PM 0.76	2:28AM 0.83		2:19PM 0.62	4:32AM 0.21				5:25AM 0.10	4:59PM 0.46		5:43AM 0.46	5:26PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	12	15	16	13	13	11	12	14	11	12	15	10	14	12	13	13	14	14	14	14
Low °C	14	8	9	14	16	10	12	9	10	14	9	9	14	6	12	12	12	10	13	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	14	16	12	12	10	12	13	10	11	14	7	14	10	12	12	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	8:01	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	9	12	7	9	8	8	14	8	13	9	13	9	8	7	8	16	7	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	12	11	14	13	14	16	16	8	15	9	12	13	11	11	12	11	10	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	8	7	-	10	6	7

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	11	13	7	7	10	10	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	15	9	16	16	16	15
Energy	1396	1022	1192	1104	1026	1018	1008	609	600	661	610	511	600	587	642	203	485	635	545	566	644	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:49PM 1.25								7:11PM 1.73				7:01AM 1.71					8:47PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM -0.16				11:27PM 0.94				12:58PM 0.54				12:26AM 1.20				2:00PM 0.65	2:07PM 0.08				2:40AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	19	10	10	8	9	15	12	13	13	11	9	11	9	10	17	13	13	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	19	8	10	6	9	15	11	12	12	9	8	10	9	10	17	12	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:49	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	13	16	13	7	10	10	13	9	9	11	12	9	9	9	9	7	15	16	16	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	11	16	12	12	12	15	11	12	16	14	11	12	14	14	13	14	12	12	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.5 NNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	7	7	10	7	7	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	8	9	6	-	-	-

	Thursday 23												Friday 24
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.5 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	10	14	13	13	13	10	14	10	10	10	13	10	13	12	12	15	10	10	10	8	8	9
Energy	1412	797	1143	926	494	1370	1263	1099	1113	1068	850	976	784	357	357	283	797	857	744	608	576	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									7:02PM 2.25										5:37AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	18	12	13	14	10	18	12	11	10	13	8	13	9	9	15	8	6	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	18	10	12	12	7	18	9	8	7	11	7	11	9	9	15	5	3	7	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	0.8 W	1.5 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	16	13	13	13	13	16	12	12	12	13	10	13	10	10	7	10	10	10	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	16	16	16	16	11	17	17	17	16	12	15	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.2 NW	2.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	10	6	6	10	14	10	10	10	7	-	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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