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

	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	5	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	14	12	12	10	9	10	8	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1711	2174	2751	3231	3924	4198	2691	708	678	369	254	622	782	641	1292	829	723	684	1416	487	490	687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			4:08AM 2.30		3:44AM 1.82		3:29PM 1.41		5:28AM 2.64	6:14PM 1.45		5:04AM 2.08	6:14PM 1.28		5:53AM 1.85		8:44PM 1.23	6:52AM 1.87		8:33PM 1.42	7:04AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 0.50	9:34PM 0.04	10:00AM 1.37		8:33PM 0.62	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.50	12:23PM 0.98		10:04PM 0.91	12:31PM 0.52		11:00PM 0.64		1:26PM -0.12	1:09AM 0.91		2:18PM 0.07	12:32AM 1.11		3:08PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	36	13	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-
High °C	15	9	7	14	12	13	12	5	10	12	8	11	11	8	12	12	10	14	11	15	15	12
Low °C	15	7	7	13	10	12	12	3	6	11	7	9	9	8	10	11	9	11	11	12	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	5	4	13	11	12	9	2	8	11	6	11	10	7	12	12	9	14	11	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.3 SW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	14	12	15	10	9	10	8	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	11	14	12	12	10	14	14	9	16	8	13	13	13	11	-	15	14	15	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Popotla Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Marina CAL - Monterey	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	11	12	10	11	10	11	10	9
Energy(?)	239	3147	1456	516	2187	2571	4836	3008	2502	1985	6093	5241	5932	3001	4699	4342	2223	1507	1140	2866	1045	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:18AM 1.79	2:32PM 1.83				3:09AM 1.28				3:24PM 1.67				3:46AM 1.40				3:15PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)								10:00AM 0.91	10:03AM 1.42			8:37PM 0.62					10:53AM 0.63			8:46PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	1	1	1	4	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	11	8	17	13	12	12	7	8	8	11	11	13	12	9	12	11	13	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	18	8	6	17	13	12	10	4	8	7	11	9	12	11	7	11	10	12	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 WNW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	8	13	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	10	11	10	15	10	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	-	12	7	16	13	-	13	11	11	12	12	14	12	12	12	14	11	15	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	10	11	-	11	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Popotla Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Marina CAL - Monterey	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	13	13	-
Energy(?)	339	3658	2292	271	1711	1673	2035	1433	2486	2273	3912	2161	1485	3672	2898	2028	4676	2097	3847	3020	3371	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)																		3:04AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	18	11	10	19	15	15	15	9	10	9	13	12	16	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	18	7	6	19	13	13	13	7	8	7	12	12	15	12	11	12	9	12	10	14	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 SSW	0.5 NW	3.0 SW	0.5 NW	2.4 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	8	10	11	8	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	16	11	17	12	12	12	10	10	11	16	13	16	-	12	16	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

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