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

	Tue		Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	2	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.3 SW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	7	7	11	15	8	10	6	9	9	12	9	13	9	8	16	15	14	13	14	13	12	12
Energy	451	386	162	1071	863	434	517	811	429	683	1092	53	925	885	1100	968	1483	1333	956	793	652	664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:39PM 2.04	10:53AM 1.27		10:58PM 2.62	12:06PM 2.20		11:32PM 2.10	11:49AM 1.62		11:35PM 1.73	1:34PM 2.18	2:02PM 1.68	12:48AM 2.16		2:01PM 1.24	12:12AM 1.65		2:58PM 1.14	1:34AM 1.97		4:16PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	5:05PM 0.27	3:15AM 0.48		4:51PM 1.06		5:43AM 0.46	4:47PM 0.51		5:17AM 0.31	4:42PM 0.69		6:55AM 0.31	6:53PM 0.91		7:06AM -0.21	6:40PM 0.94		6:45AM -0.14	6:55PM 0.83		7:40AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	17	11	11	16	17	13	16	19	14	17	16	11	12	13	13	11	15	13	13	15
Low °C	12	9	13	10	10	12	16	11	12	19	12	16	15	11	12	12	11	11	15	12	12	15
Chill °C (?)	11	8	17	9	8	16	16	11	16	19	14	16	15	9	10	13	13	11	14	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:09	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	7	8	15	14	10	14	13	9	13	9	6	12	8	9	9	14	13	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 NNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	11	11	16	15	18	15	9	16	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	-	-	1.8 NNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	8	-	6	9	-	12	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Pescaderos CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	11	12	7	8	8	18	18	16	18	8	15	14	14	14	14	8	13	9	8	8	7	8
Energy	200	74	445	636	684	796	889	514	324	341	1086	1009	1048	1076	1078	1143	669	437	1028	1029	793	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:30PM 2.57								10:58PM 2.62	11:28PM 2.19				11:36AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 0.67								3:35PM 0.40					5:16AM -0.08			4:10PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	18	11	9	9	8	10	10	20	21	11	9	10	9	12	15	15	20	12	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	10	18	10	9	8	7	9	8	20	21	11	9	10	8	12	15	14	20	12	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:40	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	7	8	8	8	8	16	11	11	15	8	8	8	7	9	9	13	13	12	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	18	7	18	18	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	8	-	9	8	8	7	8

	Tuesday 28												Wednesday 29
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Pescaderos CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 NNW
Period(s)	12	12	11	12	12	7	12	7	11	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	18	16	12	8
Energy	259	38	378	445	435	451	400	328	111	124	395	636	784	828	543	366	328	173	562	680	166	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												10:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)						4:14PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	14	12	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	15	9
Chill °C (?)	12	19	10	10	10	10	10	8	15	14	12	9	7	9	11	10	10	10	10	8	15	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	7	8	11	11	8	11	8	7	8	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	9	13	9	9	9	11	7	7	11	11	19	19	11	16	11	12	11	16	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	8	7	7	6	-	4	4	-	-	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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