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

7 day 48 hour

	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	20	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	19	18	9	16
Energy(?)	241	325	379	522	534	534	667	560	653	248	573	671	453	553	1319	626	1656	1121	605	799	1011	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:30AM		10:11PM	12:21PM		8:18PM	12:00PM		8:47PM	10:45AM 8:45AM		9:25PM	11:56AM	2:26PM	12:47AM	12:34PM		10:31PM		3:32AM	3:57PM	1:05PM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10PM		5:35AM	4:59PM	3:41AM	5:01AM	4:11PM	4:20AM		3:00PM	4:56AM	5:16AM	6:58PM		5:44AM	4:22PM		11:03PM	8:18AM		11:32PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	17	18	16	16	18	18	11	16	15	18	15	23	19	24	11	17	25	19	16	21
Low °C	14	19	15	17	16	15	16	18	9	16	14	15	12	22	11	19	11	14	21	19	14	18
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	18	15	16	18	18	11	16	15	17	14	23	19	24	8	16	25	19	16	21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:42	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 NW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.8 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	13	16	16	16	10	7	16	7	14	14	10	16	13	8	19	18	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	20	14	5	13	18	5	6	6	9	16	10	14	18	18	15	13	16	14	14	8	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Salsipuedes Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	17
Energy(?)	272	275	245	241	241	325	330	283	379	379	702	522	510	534	710	527	534	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					11:37AM 2.10			8:56PM 1.60				9:37AM 1.47				8:25PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51AM 0.50								3:10AM -0.09				4:59PM 1.59				3:44AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	14	15	16	19	16	13	16	15	17	18	18	16	13	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	15	15	18	15	13	16	15	16	18	18	15	13	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	18	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	8	16	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	20	20	20	14	18	10	5	5	12	13	6	18	18	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	-	-	5	6	-	8	-	-	-	-

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