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 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	1	1	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.6 W	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	18	18	18	9	15	16	15	12	15	14	6	13
Energy(?)	217	120	144	2865	4006	3000	1963	1334	1411	837	411	499	620	390	638	643	655	787	440	398	419	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:46PM 2.56	11:32AM 1.99		12:13AM 2.60	10:56AM 1.72		12:01AM 2.22	10:43AM 1.68		11:42PM 2.02	12:32PM 1.04		1:45AM 2.71		3:07PM 1.59	2:15AM 2.64		3:45PM 1.01	2:44AM 2.41		5:15PM 1.40	2:01AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 0.62	5:25PM 0.75			5:56PM 0.90			5:35PM 0.97		6:20AM -0.03	6:49PM 1.18		8:41AM 0.48		8:19PM 1.45	9:22AM 0.56	6:39PM 0.97	8:46PM 1.51	8:45AM 0.58	7:24PM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	-	-
High °C	13	18	17	8	9	10	12	14	12	17	18	20	17	17	19	12	13	16	13	13	20	13
Low °C	12	18	15	8	8	10	10	8	12	15	16	19	15	13	18	10	11	16	12	12	19	11
Chill °C (?)	12	18	17	4	8	8	10	14	9	17	18	20	17	17	19	11	12	15	11	12	20	12
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	18	10	9	15	12	11	14	15	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	16	13	13	13	12	15	12	14	20	18	16	18	12	10	16	15	20	10	10	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.5 S	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	6	-

	Tue		Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	241	229	217	209	204	176	173	113	207	216	213	560	4164	4006	2561	2980	2446	3079	1754	3774	1744	1534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:09PM 2.15				11:32AM 1.99			10:51PM 2.01					12:54PM 1.83				12:40AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)	5:31PM 0.68							3:22PM 0.55					6:48AM 0.56				6:45PM 1.01				6:03AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	13	10	14	12	12	18	13	12	11	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	6	10	13	17
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	8	14	11	11	18	13	12	10	6	5	8	7	8	7	9	4	8	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	4	4	3	3	6	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	-	-

	Tuesday 31						Wednesday 01
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	5	6	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	262	261	247	224	173	229	225	95	181	179	135	126	198	300	152	345	442	135	171	195	195	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					9:54PM 1.96		11:09PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	5:31PM 0.68													6:10AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	3	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	12	11	15	13	13	18	14	13	13	12	9	9	10	10	10	14	11	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	15	12	12	18	13	12	13	12	5	5	6	6	6	13	8	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	11	10	9	14	11	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.3 S	1.4 SW	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	-	4	5	4	5	6	3	5	3	-	-

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