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

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 NNW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	0.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	15	13	9	18	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	10	8	6	6	8	7	6	13
Energy(?)	161	385	395	268	189	433	135	648	1283	1218	781	583	718	403	652	562	362	219	215	153	372	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 1.18	5:47AM 1.82		7:40PM 1.48	6:19AM 1.75		9:09PM 1.34	7:25AM 1.76		9:17PM 1.69	9:41AM 2.83		9:36PM 1.29	8:54AM 1.69		10:40PM 1.44	11:15AM 2.18		12:09AM 2.67	12:01PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38AM -0.03		11:07PM 1.06		1:59PM -0.05	11:45PM 1.20		2:05PM -0.30	1:34AM 0.83		2:29PM -0.26	2:13AM 1.03		3:52PM -0.20	2:54AM 0.41		5:14PM 0.33	3:58AM 0.39	5:22AM 0.46	5:53PM 0.45		6:05AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	24	18	17	19	14	11	14	14	14	9	12	11	12	12	10	11	14	15	19	16	13	11
Low °C	21	17	16	15	12	9	13	13	12	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	14	17	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	24	18	17	19	13	10	14	13	14	8	12	11	10	11	8	11	12	14	19	16	12	10
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	0.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 S	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	9	9	10	8	13	12	12	11	10	11	10	8	13	6	8	7	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	9	16	8	13	12	12	14	7	8	10	9	8	8	10	9	18	12	12	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.7 NW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	3	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	6

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	15	13	14	15	14	9	18	10	12	14	14
Energy(?)	521	526	505	673	530	445	343	580	280	280	238	327	201	241	205	223	253	208	383	1118	1213	1791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		3:51AM 1.72						7:46PM 0.93			5:05AM 1.73					8:07PM 1.06				7:39AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)					12:48PM 0.05				11:07PM 1.06					1:28PM -0.10								2:59PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	13	12	23	17	17	15	15	15	20	14	16	20	18	11	16	11	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	11	23	17	17	15	15	15	20	13	16	20	18	11	16	10	14	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	15	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	10	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	16	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	14	15	9	9	18	12	18	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.4 W	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	1.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	10	-	-	-	4	-	8	5	5	-	4	-	12	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	15	9	9
Energy(?)	541	538	521	866	714	143	516	333	505	503	493	559	500	467	430	447	462	385	447	316	393	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						3:30AM 1.99																7:50PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)															12:04PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	11	16	14	14	14	14	15	17	11	15	19	19	12	18	12	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	10	15	14	14	14	14	15	17	9	15	19	19	10	18	10	8	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	16	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	15	9	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 NNW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 N	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	2	6	-	6	5	6	6

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