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

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Heavens CAL - LA County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	16	14	13	15	15	16	16	16	9	10	10	9	9	7	8	8	8	12
Energy(?)	160	214	377	466	383	501	630	276	600	415	536	515	622	1775	703	585	834	432	310	457	592	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:54AM 1.19					7:38PM 1.05		5:03AM 1.22	7:09PM 1.09				9:44PM 1.63		7:40PM 1.34		7:29AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	10:16AM 0.13			11:01AM -0.73		11:53PM 1.20	12:05PM 0.11		11:42PM 1.38	12:31PM 0.04				2:25PM 0.06	3:27AM 0.73			1:39AM 0.29	1:53PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	13	22	2	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	16	15	20	13	13	15	11	8	14	9	11	11	11	9	12	16	10	16	10	9
Low °C	14	19	15	13	19	12	12	15	10	8	13	7	9	11	9	8	11	14	8	15	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	15	20	13	13	13	11	6	12	7	11	9	10	9	10	16	8	15	7	8
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	7	13	10	8	16	8	8	15	8	8	6	7	9	10	10	9	15	7	8	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	12	14	13	7	12	11	16	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	0.4 NW	-	0.8 W	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	6	4	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	8	8	7

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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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	7	8	16	16	16	16	14	18	18	18	18	13	16	16
Energy(?)	616	542	313	301	209	201	336	1065	626	521	413	326	513	538	597	596	554	603	549	630	520	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:44AM 1.34								1:45AM 1.72						7:34PM 1.35			3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				10:00AM -0.75									11:51AM 0.62								12:50PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	15	17	23	19	14	22	19	17	17	18	17	14	14	12	18	17	16	17	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	23	19	14	22	19	17	17	18	17	13	14	12	18	17	16	17	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 NNW	0.4 S	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	7	8	13	7	6	8	7	9	8	16	8	18	18	18	18	8	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	14	6	5	5	5	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 S	1.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	13	7	13	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	7	13	16	16	12	13	12
Energy(?)	696	639	354	645	289	320	97	254	211	351	296	193	265	219	212	385	263	291	278	127	197	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				6:29PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)												10:24AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	15	15	13	17	17	17	17	19	21	17	16	15	20	20	20	20	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	14	15	13	17	17	17	17	19	21	17	16	14	20	20	20	20	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 S	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 NNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	7	14	6	6	13	7	7	13	13	13	8	7	7	7	7	8	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	6	13	13	6	13	13	6	13	13	9	7	7	12	13	13	13	13	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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