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

	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	1.6 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	9	14	9	8	16	16	16	15	13	12	9	13	12	7	8	11	15	10	16	9	9	9
Energy	340	648	497	594	313	459	220	527	629	681	741	280	149	499	328	280	1155	575	102	1029	1476	1481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)				7:00AM 1.71			7:07AM 1.74		9:28PM 1.85	9:36AM 2.28		10:17PM 2.12	10:06AM 1.29		10:36PM 2.03	11:18AM 2.19		11:04PM 2.08	12:14PM 2.33		11:35PM 2.78	11:40AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:00PM 0.33		11:56PM 1.17	1:55PM 0.00		1:34AM 1.02	1:40PM 0.51	2:53PM 0.09	3:42AM 0.42		3:49PM 0.30	4:42AM 0.31		4:21PM 0.33		5:06AM 0.62	4:51PM 1.06		5:51AM 0.49	4:05PM 1.00		5:08AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	12	14	12	11	13	14	10	12	12	13	17	12	13	18	14	16	17	16	13	15
Low °C	9	14	9	11	12	9	12	13	8	8	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	11	15	15	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	12	11	11	12	14	8	10	10	11	17	10	12	18	12	16	17	15	11	15
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	9	14	16	8	16	15	9	9	12	13	12	12	8	11	15	10	16	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	14	15	14	14	16	12	12	13	12	12	11	7	13	11	19	15	16	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	-	1.6 NNW	1.9 NW	-	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	6	-	5	8	-	-	9	5	-	7	-	-	7	8	6	9	9	9

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	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s)	13	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy	594	593	213	323	509	561	637	579	642	440	594	613	527	557	762	657	575	449	769	204	1046	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:58PM 2.22				7:01AM 1.71					8:46PM 1.74				8:19AM 1.65				8:20PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			11:37AM 0.34				12:26AM 1.20					2:07PM 0.08				2:40AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	19	13	10	11	11	9	10	13	14	13	11	9	9	11	11	11	13	15	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	11	19	13	10	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	11	8	9	11	11	10	12	14	8	10
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	13	9	9	12	9	9	9	8	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.3 S	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	13	12	14	16	11	14	12	14	14	14	14	12	16	16	16	15	14	8	14	12	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-

	Friday 24																		Saturday 25
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s)	13	10	7	8	8	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9
Energy	678	629	201	280	577	596	604	756	756	632	853	851	695	656	654	507	506	275	504	397	497	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															7:55PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)							12:00PM 0.33	12:56PM -0.09												12:32AM 1.20	1:33AM 1.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	16	11	11	15	15	11	11	14	14	15	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	6	16	11	10	14	14	10	10	13	12	13	11	10	9	10	8	7	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	13	10	7	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.7 NW
Period (s)	15	12	13	12	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	11	11	11	15	11	14	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW
Period (s)	7	-	7	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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