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

	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Frankport Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Princeton Breakwater CAL - San Mateo
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	7	12	13	12	15	14	14	14	13	8
Energy(?)	430	1536	950	1392	471	939	1220	950	843	1612	936	564	448	124	206	102	138	159	203	146	44	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:35PM 1.39			7:56PM 1.08		6:25AM 1.74		9:26PM 1.26	7:46AM 1.58		9:27PM 1.37	8:18AM 1.97		10:23PM 1.51	10:55AM 2.00		10:02PM 1.92	10:01AM 1.90		11:51PM 2.06	12:08PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		11:42PM 1.23	12:57PM -0.11		12:11AM 0.82	1:37PM -0.09		2:55AM 0.69		2:15PM -0.12	2:35AM 0.56		3:04PM 0.36	4:01AM 0.42		3:38PM -0.03	4:02AM 0.70		4:56PM 0.10		6:01AM 0.67	6:04PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-
High °C	22	12	16	20	17	21	14	14	16	20	15	20	23	11	12	20	18	11	12	12	17	12
Low °C	21	8	10	19	16	20	13	10	12	18	11	16	21	11	11	19	14	10	12	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	22	9	16	20	17	21	13	13	16	20	14	20	23	9	10	20	18	11	11	12	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	7:20	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	6	12	8	7	7	14	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	11	16	15	14	14	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	8	13	6	12	12	14	14	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	9	11
Energy(?)	263	1035	590	1312	1231	3156	1008	1361	1167	2026	1857	1154	1029	1507	1046	528	954	769	1066	3074	1179	1287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:35PM 0.92												7:25AM 2.02					9:28PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				10:21PM 0.91					12:58PM -0.06				12:14AM 1.30				1:35PM 0.30					2:40AM 1.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	9	18	17	15	9	10	13	15	21	17	19	19	13	10	21	20	18	13	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	20	6	18	17	14	9	10	13	14	21	17	19	19	13	10	21	20	18	13	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	16	8	16	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	11	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	7	8	8	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	16	16	16	6	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	220	1042	326	390	382	486	527	858	986	536	533	754	871	1734	1585	960	1229	1478	1559	1572	889	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									7:11PM 1.22									4:43AM 1.98	5:25AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		12:17PM -0.05										10:31PM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	12	23	21	21	14	20	13	12	15	14	14	14	8	8	11	13	13	6	4	5	6
Chill °C (?)	20	10	23	21	21	12	20	10	9	15	14	12	12	4	4	11	11	11	3	0	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	9	13	11	13	12	12	11	11	9	11	16	16	13	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	6	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	-	-

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