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

	Mon	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mesa CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	1	3	3	1	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	0.3 S	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	12	13	7	8	15	15	8	9	8	9	10	10	12	12	9	9	16	15	14	13	14	12
Energy	217	53	463	384	65	1136	1422	494	1190	2565	967	586	1500	171	890	670	768	1011	1033	1163	1253	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:04PM 1.95	10:30AM 1.62		9:14PM 2.04	10:02AM 1.65		11:32PM 1.65	9:21AM 1.66		11:26PM 2.64	12:50PM 2.20		10:31PM 2.11	1:13PM 1.26		9:57PM 1.66		2:18PM 2.13	1:16AM 2.12		3:28PM 1.59	1:53AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	4:32AM 0.21		3:39PM 0.29	3:54AM 0.51		4:18PM 0.46			5:34PM 0.59		6:19AM 0.36	6:00PM 1.29		6:25AM -0.14	5:08PM 1.19		7:07AM -0.21	7:09PM 1.46		8:12AM -0.15		8:42PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	12	17	12	13	17	11	11	15	13	13	15	18	14	19	16	14	13	13	12	13	15	11
Low °C	9	14	12	10	15	10	10	11	13	12	12	17	13	17	15	12	11	13	10	10	15	10
Chill °C (?)	10	16	10	12	17	9	8	15	11	11	15	18	12	19	15	12	12	12	12	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	11	4	15	10	9	13	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	9	9	14	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	8	12	9	16	15	10	15	14	14	12	12	12	14	11	11	16	16	15	15	9	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	-	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	-	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	7	8	-	8	8	-	8	9	-	-	10	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	16	7	8	8	18	7	8	11	15	8	14	14	9	8	9
Energy	599	523	535	476	584	210	162	66	673	720	708	804	547	739	385	63	1411	1144	1219	1570	1207	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:04PM 1.95				9:48AM 1.30				10:30PM 2.57				10:44AM 1.29				10:58PM 2.62	11:28PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)				3:14AM 0.66												2:38PM 0.28					6:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	10	11	13	14	13	16	12	8	8	8	14	15	17	17	10	9	10	10	9	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	10	12	14	12	15	10	8	6	7	14	15	17	16	8	9	10	10	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	8:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.2 S	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	9	6	12	12	6	7	13	20	8	8	8	7	8	11	11	15	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	13	11	11	11	12	11	18	15	10	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	-	0.4 W	2.3 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	5	9	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	7	8	-	7	8	-	-	9	-	-

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	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	12	13	12	12	12	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	11	9	11
Energy	649	599	402	716	469	278	222	62	480	411	402	398	434	260	129	78	446	391	524	223	612	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:48PM 1.99												8:13AM 1.26	9:59AM 1.29	10:26AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)												4:25AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	8	8	8	8	11	9	11	15	11	12	11	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	14	7	8	8	7	10	9	11	15	10	11	9	12	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	5	9	9	9	9	12	6	12	4	11	9	9	11	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	6	12	13	12	12	11	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	9	-	-	7	9	-

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