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

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	3	6	7	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	2.3 WNW	4.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s)	10	7	11	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	13	13	13	12	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	10
Energy	1682	678	7316	6785	1763	9589	1115	1944	1289	1172	1623	3388	1079	1621	1375	1135	1158	1380	1589	1024	1128	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 1.23		10:31PM 1.78	12:52PM 1.26		10:28PM 2.45	1:18PM 1.11		11:50PM 2.39		3:17PM 1.29	1:37AM 2.01		4:18PM 1.30	3:04AM 2.67		5:18PM 1.34	3:36AM 1.59		6:13PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11PM 0.55		5:22AM -0.56	3:59PM 1.07		6:24AM -0.52	4:15PM 1.04		7:46AM -0.10	7:25PM 0.80		10:14AM -0.41		9:17PM 1.50	9:55AM 0.14		9:53PM 0.81	10:52AM -0.21		11:55PM 1.41	11:44AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	13	15	20	13	19	16	16	19	17	16	13	17	13	16	18	12	14	15	13	15
Low °C	12	21	8	11	18	11	17	16	14	14	16	11	11	17	12	14	18	10	12	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	18	22	12	15	20	10	19	16	16	19	17	15	12	17	11	16	18	12	13	15	13	14
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	4.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	14	10	11	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	9	13	13	12	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	18	13	13	15	16	15	13	16	21	16	11	19	15	16	18	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	2.3 WNW	4.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	11	12	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16						Sunday 17								Monday 18
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	6	9	9	7	4	4	5	7	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	7	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	10
Energy	1371	1682	1968	678	2359	6267	7316	8135	9130	6785	2614	1763	5411	6062	9589	3370	3469	1115	2262	1944	1293	1237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						10:21PM 1.87					11:39AM 1.53			10:58PM 2.43					12:10PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				3:11PM 0.55					5:32AM -0.49			3:59PM 1.07					5:28AM -0.08			4:15PM 1.04	5:37PM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	18	22	22	13	10	9	9	13	15	18	20	15	14	12	13	15	19	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	18	22	22	12	9	9	8	12	15	18	20	14	13	10	12	15	19	16	16	14	13
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	8:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	10	14	14	10	14	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	15	15	10	14	19	14	14	14	14	14	13	18	13	13	13	16	12	13	15	15	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	7	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16																		Sunday 17
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Pescaderos CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	6	9	9	7	4	4	5	7	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	4152	4277	1371	1481	1682	1682	182	1603	1968	1903	2201	678	988	2359	2359	2359	1719	1719	6720	6966	7316	7366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							11:37AM 1.64										9:37PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)
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	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	14	16	18	19	23	22	22	21	22	21	16	13	11	16	15	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	14	16	18	19	23	22	22	21	22	21	15	12	10	15	14	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	19	14	15	19	19	19	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

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