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

	Sat		Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	1	3	2	1	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	1.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	16	16	14	15	13	14	9	13	12	7	18	11	16	10	7	13	9	12	12	9	12	12
Energy	464	456	911	493	655	106	732	336	158	476	878	314	1063	886	232	855	1915	1180	807	756	698	928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:20AM 1.65		9:26PM 2.42	9:27AM 2.18		10:03PM 1.95	8:30AM 1.29		10:36PM 2.03	10:02AM 1.65		9:39PM 2.08	11:43AM 1.25		8:56PM 1.69	9:56AM 1.12		12:01AM 2.10	1:36PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 1.01		2:47PM 0.70	3:38AM 1.02		3:33PM 0.81	4:28AM 0.21		4:31PM 0.43			3:26PM 0.87	4:32AM 0.39	5:17AM -0.08	5:35PM 1.25	3:56AM -0.13		5:18PM 0.61		7:02AM -0.23	4:56PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	13	14	11	16	11	12	16	12	10	19	12	12	19	12	11	12	17	13	11	18
Low °C	13	9	9	14	8	16	11	11	11	12	6	14	11	10	16	12	11	10	16	12	9	16
Chill °C (?)	12	9	12	13	9	15	9	10	16	10	7	19	10	10	19	10	8	10	17	11	9	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	9	5	12	6	8	12	11	11	16	15	15	13	9	12	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	15	13	14	15	13	12	13	18	18	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	14	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.5 NW	1.6 NNW	-	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 N	1.6 WNW	1.5 NW	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	7	6	-	8	10	7	9	9	5	12	9	-	12

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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	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s)	9	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	9	9	9	12
Energy	633	335	621	524	681	646	581	449	107	977	1059	668	597	583	714	616	134	129	775	622	509	702
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:47PM 2.32				8:19AM 1.65				8:20PM 1.91				9:36AM 2.28				10:04PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	1:46PM -0.01					2:40AM 1.25			1:13PM -0.01	3:02PM 0.19				2:28AM 0.83			1:27PM 0.06					3:14AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	17	13	11	11	11	11	10	11	16	16	10	9	9	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	10	8	9	10	16	11	9	10	10	9	9	10	15	15	8	8	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:49	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	9	11	16	7	8	8	8	14	16	9	13	14	14	14	9	9	14	14	12	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 S	1.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	8	16	15	14	8	12	13	15	8	12	12	13	12	11	11	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	5	5	9	9	-	9

	Saturday 25												Sunday 26
	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	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	9	11	8	8	15	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	16	14	14	16
Energy	645	348	629	400	453	464	498	532	116	728	934	320	326	335	638	658	132	132	733	747	741	434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									7:20PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.41	1:59PM 0.00													2:48AM 1.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	9	15	15	10	9	9	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	8	9	12	12	12	11	9	13	13	8	8	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	15	8	8	8	8	7	13	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	14	12	16	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	16	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.8 W	1.5 NNW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	4	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	8

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