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

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	16	7	7	7	8	8	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	12	10	10
Energy(?)	525	430	367	139	241	547	156	778	535	2867	1117	1390	1113	2110	1578	1023	1054	1122	1544	3087	1162	1149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:58PM 2.02	10:40AM 1.77		10:33PM 1.41	10:16AM 1.97		9:56PM 2.00	10:43AM 1.79		10:10PM 1.99	10:27AM 1.66		11:55PM 1.46	11:12AM 1.48		12:23AM 1.43	12:05PM 1.30	1:18PM 1.28	11:54PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		4:31PM 0.27		4:38AM 0.42	3:26PM 0.28		4:15AM 0.68	4:51PM 0.07		4:42AM 0.63	5:05PM 0.12		4:28AM 0.57	5:31PM 0.37		5:14AM 0.63	5:45PM 0.44		6:06AM 0.71	5:30PM 1.10		9:54AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	13	17	17	14	22	9	10	9	16	11	18	16	15	19	18	12	14	19	14	16
Low °C	14	14	12	16	15	12	20	9	9	9	12	10	15	14	14	19	14	11	14	15	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	11	17	16	13	22	6	7	6	15	10	18	15	14	19	18	10	13	18	14	16
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	8	12	7	7	12	13	12	16	11	11	14	10	10	13	13	13	18	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	18	16	12	16	17	15	12	16	14	14	15	15	16	13	13	16	17	13	13	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	-	2.2 W	1.7 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	6	-	7	7	-	8	8	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	8	8	9	12	-	-

	Monday 02						Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Heavens CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	18	7	7	17	6	8	10
Energy(?)	520	502	401	358	616	855	705	201	214	587	389	291	278	459	547	260	503	653	243	453	799	2400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:44AM 2.32								9:18AM 2.10					10:33PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)								3:58AM 0.39				3:06PM 0.26				3:11AM 0.59	4:22AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	13	16	13	14	12	14	16	19	16	16	14	14	15	12	16	18	22	17	9
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	12	16	12	13	12	14	16	19	16	16	13	13	15	11	16	18	22	17	6
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.2 SSW	1.2 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	6	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	8	7	7	7	15	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	12	12	17	15	15	18	17	17	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	-	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	9	9	-	-	7	7	-	-	6	7	-	7	7	-	6	8	10

	Monday 02																			Tuesday 03
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Heavens CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	6	10	10	9	6	11	9	13	6	9	9	7	9	9	10	9	6	8
Energy(?)	496	486	520	535	317	296	258	290	297	561	417	175	337	336	314	208	405	855	130	95	94	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					8:13AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	15	15	16	15	16	15	17	17	17	14	14	15	14	13	15	14	16	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	11	15	15	15	15	16	13	16	16	16	12	12	15	13	12	15	13	16	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	10	10	9	7	10	13	13	13	9	9	7	9	9	7	9	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	11	11	13	13	10	13	13	10	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	6	11	9	7	6	4	5	-	-	9	-	6	-	-

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