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

	Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tue
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	State Line Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	4.0 NNW	2.1 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	17	8	7	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	280	218	152	107	180	342	702	802	623	992	942	1480	867	1178	1426	1010	851	2864	886	2007	1115	817
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:45AM 1.63			12:23PM 1.67		10:21PM 2.33	12:21PM 1.51		9:12PM 1.84	11:01AM 1.12		12:33AM 2.85		2:34PM 2.33	10:56PM 0.96	1:45PM 1.19		1:45AM 1.23		3:06PM 1.51	3:08AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM 1.22	3:28AM 0.19	5:19AM 0.22	4:16PM 1.41		5:21AM 0.14	4:31PM 1.03	4:40AM -0.23		3:40PM 0.67		7:46AM 0.19	7:30PM 1.51		6:57AM -0.23	6:17PM 0.79	8:36PM 0.52	8:20AM -0.15		9:58PM 0.70	8:52AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	20	18	18	20	19	19	17	18	21	13	16	14	14	26	19	14	15	14	13	16
Low °C	13	17	20	15	18	18	15	18	15	17	20	11	12	13	13	20	19	13	13	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	20	18	18	20	19	19	16	18	21	13	16	14	14	26	19	13	15	14	13	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.5 SW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW	2.1 NW	0.5 S	2.4 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	14	8	5	8	13	7	8	16	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	16	10	15	10	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	16	16	16	12	19	17	17	17	15	16	16	17	15	18	14	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	4.0 NNW	-	3.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	8	7	8	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	10	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	The Patch CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	13	17	8	8	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	355	276	361	280	218	218	173	141	152	135	135	107	162	180	241	450	342	634
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:45AM 1.63			9:02PM 1.72					12:50PM 2.16			9:34PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40AM 0.26				3:32PM 1.42				3:33AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	20	16	17	17	15	14	20	20	21	18	18	18	15	19	19	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	20	16	17	17	15	14	20	20	21	18	18	18	14	19	19	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	9	14	14	14	8	8	13	5	6	6	8	13	13	13	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	14	18	8	8	14	13	8	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8	7	7	7	8

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