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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	1.3 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	18	11	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	11
Energy(?)	624	681	646	1023	1238	811	702	500	676	3381	1269	3814	1410	3694	799	803	1738	241	1075	347	232	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:42PM 1.93	1:22AM 2.15			2:18AM 1.70		5:43PM 1.09	3:20AM 1.65		7:19PM 1.95	4:42AM 1.96	5:46AM 2.01		8:56PM 1.55	7:25AM 2.02		8:10PM 1.62	6:55AM 1.96		8:39PM 1.72	9:10AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 1.20		8:34AM -0.03	5:48PM 1.09		9:35AM -0.09		8:48PM 1.00	12:09PM 0.44		10:30PM 1.35	1:27PM -0.04		1:22AM 1.10		2:47PM -0.04	1:05AM 1.12	2:00PM 0.27	3:28PM 0.47	2:00AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	21	11	12	12	16	24	18	9	15	8	19	20	19	18	23	15	19	20	12	15
Low °C	12	20	20	9	11	10	13	24	16	8	14	5	15	18	17	12	21	15	18	17	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	21	21	10	12	12	16	24	18	7	13	3	19	20	19	18	23	14	19	20	11	15
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	21	21	13	20	14	18	18	16	17	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	11	-	11	-	-	11	-	10	10	-	4

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	5	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	12	11
Energy(?)	2053	3363	2557	1777	258	681	1472	1270	1140	1233	1061	1137	1105	1062	1038	1032	1019	1355	1171	519	802	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:48AM 1.69				12:25PM 1.48	2:24PM 1.15			1:29AM 1.72	2:43AM 2.75				4:27PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			7:48AM 0.33				6:52PM 0.71					8:52AM 0.33				9:37PM 0.88				10:56AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	16	22	21	20	14	14	13	8	9	27	11	10	10	10	13	17	17	14	21	16
Chill °C (?)	13	10	15	22	21	20	14	14	13	6	7	27	11	10	10	10	13	17	17	13	21	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	9	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	21	13	13	13	20	13	13	13	20	19	19	19	10	10	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	3	-	-

	Sunday 22
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	5	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	14	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9
Energy(?)	2126	1546	1352	787	278	757	770	735	748	740	698	1838	87	282	1070	1135	1156	1005	1276	1125	988	2381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	3:41PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)									7:25AM -0.12	8:55AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	16	17	18	12	11	11	12	10	12	25	14	14	10	10	10	19	17	10	14	10
Chill °C (?)	14	8	15	17	18	12	11	10	12	9	11	25	13	12	8	8	8	19	16	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	0.4 SSW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	10	14	14	10	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	8	9	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	22	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	22	21	21	21	21	14	21	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	1.7 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	-	2.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	10	9	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7	9	9	9	10	10	-	10	9

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