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

	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Burnout CAL - LA County	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	State Line Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	1.4 W	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	15	6	13	7	9	12	11	8	12	11	11	8	18	17	14
Energy(?)	282	397	303	359	199	322	237	195	176	204	257	1496	6438	839	936	1700	1574	867	484	479	709	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:56AM 1.63		10:30PM 1.51	9:23AM 1.44		10:26PM 1.45	10:17AM 1.37		11:14PM 1.69	12:11PM 1.88		11:58PM 1.82	1:08PM 1.97		12:40AM 2.62	1:38PM 2.27		11:43PM 2.03	1:15PM 1.56	2:24PM 2.18	1:38AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:04PM 0.36	4:00AM 0.42		4:20PM 0.03	4:07AM 0.21		4:56PM 0.10		6:09AM 0.13	5:28PM 0.22		6:57AM 0.07	6:37PM 0.97		7:18AM 0.46	5:44PM 0.55		6:44AM 0.41	7:40PM 1.26		8:18AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	18	14	11	21	9	9	16	19	12	18	8	9	13	13	10	11	14	16	19	16	16
Low °C	18	15	10	9	19	8	8	15	16	11	17	8	8	13	11	6	10	13	8	19	14	12
Chill °C (?)	23	18	13	10	21	7	8	15	18	10	18	5	7	11	11	8	8	14	16	19	16	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	4.5 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	10	13	8	8	12	8	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	15	12	12	12	11	8	18	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	11	12	14	15	10	13	16	11	13	12	14	12	15	20	13	16	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NNW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	0.7 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	7	-	8	-	-	-	6	4	7	9	-	11	8	-	11	-	-	4	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	2.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	10	9	9	12	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	15
Energy(?)	1146	503	503	282	344	313	215	544	576	505	614	581	437	270	281	284	351	448	220	312	283	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:24AM 1.48				10:16PM 1.54				10:10AM 1.73									11:21AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 1.01				3:00PM -0.09				4:42AM 0.49				4:55PM 0.57				4:02AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	15	23	20	26	20	12	11	10	12	14	13	11	9	9	14	15	15	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	16	19	15	23	20	26	20	11	9	8	12	13	11	10	7	7	14	14	15	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	13	12	9	8	8	13	8	8	13	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	13	13	11	13	13	10	12	12	15	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	9	9	4	8	8	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	8
Energy(?)	1288	622	647	302	557	298	297	882	449	389	472	561	251	402	402	402	313	566	542	419	468	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)											9:10AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				2:35AM 0.56	3:16AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	15	17	17	18	18	16	16	12	18	18	12	13	13	13	26	23	22	11	9	12
Chill °C (?)	14	19	15	17	17	18	18	16	16	11	18	18	10	11	11	11	26	23	22	8	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	12	9	9	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	0.5 N	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9	3	9	9	9	9	10	10	6	7	8

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