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

	Fri		Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s)	9	8	9	12	12	16	15	14	13	14	13	12	12	16	16	11	13	12	12	11	7	7
Energy	708	798	392	583	296	840	1112	1511	1009	1205	547	622	642	236	770	447	566	428	485	299	203	770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.70	1:22PM 1.20		11:00PM 2.09		2:09PM 1.17	11:26PM 2.04	1:35PM 1.39	2:49PM 1.09	1:34AM 2.51		3:26PM 1.47	2:11AM 2.43		3:14PM 1.28	2:52AM 1.79		5:53PM 1.98	3:39AM 2.22		6:48PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	5:29PM 0.74		6:29AM -0.20	4:35PM 0.54		7:33AM 0.31	6:21PM 0.77		6:33AM 0.33	6:04PM 1.00		7:55AM 0.37	6:33PM 1.38	8:25PM 1.61	9:41AM 0.51	4:22PM 1.28	9:08PM 1.07	10:29AM 0.59		10:11PM 1.71	11:19AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	16	16	16	13	14	12	12	13	12	14	15	15	13	17	11	12	18	16	24	23
Low °C	17	14	12	15	15	11	13	12	11	13	12	12	15	14	11	17	9	11	18	12	22	22
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	15	16	12	14	11	11	12	10	14	14	14	12	16	9	11	18	16	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	7:53	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	9	12	12	8	15	14	13	14	13	12	12	6	11	14	13	12	12	11	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.3 SW	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	16	16	8	18	9	16	14	8	15	16	14	15	14	7	14	13	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	11	5	-	6	5	7	7

	Friday 01				Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Mon
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	8	16	12	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	719	815	567	1058	719	672	1014	585	861	546	713	541	555	772	751	233	785	1112	1136	1061	1511	1251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 1.28			10:26PM 1.63					11:46AM 1.50			11:00PM 2.09						2:18PM 2.13			12:59AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)			5:17PM 0.61				6:29AM -0.20				6:35PM 1.38				7:33AM 0.31				7:09PM 1.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	11	13	10	11	15	15	18	11	13	12	11	12	17	12	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	11	12	10	11	15	14	18	11	12	11	11	12	17	11	13	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.2 SSW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	9	7	7	12	12	18	8	12	12	8	8	12	8	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	18	11	11	11	16	16	18	16	16	16	8	8	8	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	-	-	7	-	9	12	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01												Saturday 02
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	13	12	9	12	8	13	12	9	12	8	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1370	719	566	587	704	689	947	427	801	390	689	1103	1071	710	691	202	522	672	672	696	723	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 1.28										10:31PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)							5:17PM 0.61													6:55AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	18	17	12	13	15	13	12	10	14	14	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	18	16	10	12	14	11	12	8	13	13	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	9	7	8	8	7	7	6	12	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	7	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	9	7	8	6	12	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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