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

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	Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Las Gaviotas Baja Norte	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Topanga Point CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	4	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	14	7	7	12	7	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	10	14	14	8	13	8	13
Energy(?)	303	206	109	167	209	104	78	237	131	204	429	115	221	518	528	157	321	167	179	172	709	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:11PM 2.25		10:14AM 1.17	7:43PM 2.10		10:28AM 1.19		8:50PM 1.82	11:21AM 1.27		8:01PM 2.43	10:07AM 1.58		11:04PM 3.03	12:38PM 1.40		10:33PM 1.88	12:58PM 1.38		11:22PM 2.25	1:15PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	12:38PM 0.84		1:31AM -0.07			3:23AM -0.24		2:07PM 0.88	4:41AM -0.26		4:07PM 0.90	3:28AM -0.03		2:20PM 1.04		5:45AM -0.40	4:37PM 0.87		5:36AM -0.37	5:27PM 0.81		6:34AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	18	19	20	16	19	20	18	20	20	14	18	22	19	14	26	14	15	25	20	14
Low °C	13	13	17	17	19	13	14	19	16	18	20	13	14	22	17	12	25	13	13	24	18	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	18	19	20	16	19	20	18	20	20	13	18	22	19	14	26	13	15	25	20	13
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 S	1.5 W	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	6	14	13	7	12	13	6	6	16	12	16	15	6	10	14	14	8	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 S	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	6	10	13	19	18	12	12	12	16	10	15	15	8	14	9	12	8	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	-	-	6	5	-	6	6	-	6	4	-	6	8	4

	Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	16	16	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	13	14	14	7	7	7	8	8	7	12	13
Energy(?)	556	502	208	95	361	308	966	1156	834	513	688	85	75	207	205	686	201	238	237	289	92	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:31AM 0.97	8:47AM 1.09			6:53PM 1.93													10:15AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 0.13				12:04PM 0.76					2:20AM -0.06			11:27AM 1.15					2:29AM -0.22			1:33PM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	13	14	17	15	14	12	14	12	19	19	18	15	12	13	13	14	18	22	23
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	12	14	17	15	14	12	14	12	19	19	18	14	10	13	13	14	18	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	13	8	7	8	6	8	6	5	14	13	13	7	8	8	7	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	9	16	18	13	13	13	12	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	0.6 W	1.0 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	7	8	8	8	7	8	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7

	Saturday 19
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	9	13	16	13	14	14	14	8	8	14	14	14	8	14	14
Energy(?)	580	564	202	144	411	411	455	407	204	292	198	128	122	257	443	422	243	243	244	64	177	177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				6:01PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				2:34AM 0.14								10:11AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	16	13	18	18	20	18	13	20	20	19	17	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	12	10	16	12	18	18	20	17	12	20	20	19	17	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	8	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	15	15	9	13	16	16	16	14	13	16	13	5	5	9	16	13	18	18	18	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	9	8	-	9	9	9	8	4	4

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