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

	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	20	19	18	18	17	16	12	10	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	455	851	793	432	577	1000	1027	482	710	638	863	1026	1214	836	886	685	728	551	355	823	651	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 1.03	7:25AM 1.42		10:08PM 1.20	8:11AM 1.47		11:12PM 1.70	9:02AM 1.48		10:06PM 1.25	10:42AM 1.66		10:40PM 1.85	10:38AM 1.45		11:18PM 1.45	11:03AM 1.42		10:02PM 2.10	10:31AM 1.38		10:50PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	1:35AM 0.79		2:46PM -0.09	2:44AM 0.79		3:14PM -0.05	4:37AM 0.78		2:43PM -0.18	3:34AM 0.41		3:47PM 0.36	4:29AM 0.75		3:40PM 0.37			4:00PM -0.02	4:24AM 0.35		4:27PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	16	19	17	17	22	23	21	17	18	15	19	18	17	20	18	22	20	27	22
Low °C	12	11	15	13	14	16	16	18	22	20	13	17	15	15	18	16	16	16	20	15	27	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	16	19	17	16	22	23	21	17	18	15	19	18	17	20	18	22	20	27	22
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	15	8	15	8	8	9	8	8	17	16	12	10	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 W
Period (s)	13	15	21	14	20	19	18	18	12	12	17	13	16	15	15	15	12	12	6	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.3 W	-
Period (s)	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	11	-

	Fri		Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna 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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	16	7	8	8	8	8	10	8	22	8	8	9	20	20	9	8	19	19	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	803	685	865	782	776	851	890	624	508	1550	1037	2125	1201	577	1087	912	1002	817	1035	664	733	1004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:16PM 1.03			7:15AM 1.44					9:30PM 1.09				8:11AM 1.47				8:31PM 1.20			7:55AM 1.58	8:03AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			1:35AM 0.79	2:04AM 0.92				2:40PM 0.00								3:14PM -0.05			1:51AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	12	11	15	11	18	17	17	10	14	17	19	16	24	19	19	16	19	20	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	12	11	15	10	18	17	17	10	12	16	19	16	24	19	19	16	19	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	15	14	14	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	19	18	18	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	13	21	9	14	14	20	20	20	20	20	19	13	9	13	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	8	-	8	8	9	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna 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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	8	14	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	554	514	803	417	419	427	822	444	282	880	542	647	662	778	649	776	938	419	617	421	421	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					9:57PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:52PM -0.08	2:01PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	16	15	15	12	14	20	16	10	14	14	12	15	12	18	20	18	20	20	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	16	15	15	12	14	20	16	10	12	12	12	14	12	18	20	18	20	20	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.9 NW
Period (s)	16	7	7	16	16	16	10	16	14	8	10	14	10	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 W	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	14	13	16	13	8	15	16	13	15	15	14	15	15	8	14	22	22	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	-	1.9 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	7	7	8	-	8	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

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