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

	Sat		Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 W	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	11	6	6	10	11	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	290	366	213	248	248	211	255	386	224	268	352	206	640	1102	6082	6326	6207	3134
Wind (km/h)	10	5	5	10	5	10	20	15	10	5	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	5
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:32AM	12:03AM	12:18PM		1:09AM	1:53PM		3:33AM	1:59PM	2:42PM		5:13AM	3:39PM		6:55AM 1:06AM	5:01PM		7:46AM
Low Tide / height (m)	5:54PM		5:59AM	6:55PM		7:23AM		8:32PM 6:33PM	7:27AM		10:09PM	9:34AM		11:01PM	11:12AM		12:31AM	12:22PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	27	25	22	24	19	18	22	19	17	18	20	19	20	18	21	17	18	20
Low °C	27	22	17	23	18	17	21	18	15	18	18	17	19	17	18	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	27	25	22	24	19	18	22	19	17	18	20	19	20	18	21	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:58
Sunset	6:55	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	1.8 W	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	11	10	11	10	11	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	22	20	19	19	9	18	7	17	16	16	17	15	15	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	8	7	7	7	7	6	-	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-
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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	290	290	428	407	366	219	250	213	203	248	229	248	248	255	255	211	211	255
Wind (km/h)	10	10	15	5	5	0	0	5	10	10	10	5	5	0	5	10	10	20
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	flow	high	ebb	flow	high	ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 1.75				12:03AM 1.51				12:18PM 2.10					2:12AM 1.33			1:34PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			6:02PM 0.42				6:38AM 0.35				7:47PM 0.39				7:23AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	19	23	23	17	17	22	27	24	20	19	18	18	17	18	23	22
Chill °C (?)	27	27	19	23	23	17	17	22	27	24	20	19	18	18	17	18	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	21	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	-	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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