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

7 day 48 hour

	Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NNW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	17	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	280	218	152	107	111	223	571	551	481	987	816	1375	724	1689	1040	665	626	1475	1224	1177	2932	989
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:45AM 1.63			12:23PM 1.67		10:21PM 2.33	12:21PM 1.51		9:12PM 1.84	11:01AM 1.12		12:33AM 2.85		2:34PM 2.33	10:56PM 0.96	1:45PM 1.19	2:10PM 1.30	12:15AM 1.65		3:06PM 1.51	3:08AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 1.06	3:28AM 0.19	5:19AM 0.22	4:16PM 1.41		5:21AM 0.14	4:31PM 1.03	4:40AM -0.23		3:40PM 0.67		7:46AM 0.19	7:30PM 1.51		6:57AM -0.23	6:39PM 0.86		8:50AM -0.16		9:58PM 0.70	9:52AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	20	18	18	17	19	18	17	16	21	13	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	13	16
Low °C	13	17	20	15	18	12	15	16	15	16	20	11	12	14	13	13	15	15	13	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	20	18	18	17	19	18	16	16	21	13	16	14	15	16	15	16	15	13	13	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	0.4 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	14	8	5	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	14	10	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	19	17	17	17	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	7	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	13	17	16	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	355	280	361	280	218	218	173	141	152	135	135	107	96	111	209	450	223	374	636	571	554	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:45AM 1.63			9:02PM 1.72					12:50PM 2.16			9:34PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		3:57AM -0.13				3:32PM 1.42				3:33AM -0.15									6:28AM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	20	16	17	17	15	14	20	20	21	18	18	18	15	19	13	18	14	19	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	20	16	17	17	15	14	20	20	21	18	18	18	14	19	13	18	14	19	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	5	6	6	8	8	8	13	7	8	7	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	18	8	8	14	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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