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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	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.8 SW	1.2 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	7	11	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2130	1511	930	2641	2820	1676	2051	712	909	2945	1561	1380	1381	788	839	591	818	482	1271	945	1085	403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 2.55		10:25PM 1.97	8:58AM 2.59		10:46PM 1.67	8:53AM 2.28		11:38PM 1.28	8:52AM 1.74		11:29PM 1.52	10:51AM 2.25		1:10AM 2.24	11:35AM 2.80		1:30AM 1.38	12:04PM 2.60		2:21AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	2:11AM 1.44		3:41PM 0.47	2:56AM 1.51		4:18PM 0.36	2:50AM 1.38		3:42PM -0.14	3:11AM 1.09		4:27PM 0.17	3:16AM 1.29	5:08AM 1.19	6:17PM 0.23		5:46AM 1.63	6:18PM -0.16		6:19AM 1.57		7:24PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	58	2	1	-	1	-	-	3	-	21	5	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	14	11	11	14	21	15	13	11	14	10	14	17	17	15	15	13	11	11	14
Low °C	14	16	16	10	10	10	10	18	14	11	10	13	9	13	16	16	14	15	10	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	12	11	10	13	21	15	10	10	14	8	14	17	17	13	15	11	11	11	14
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	0.8 NW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 NW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.2 W	1.4 NW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	12	10	11	10	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	-	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 WSW	1.2 NW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	11	11	18	12	11	-	11	10	10	12	11	12	11	11	14	8	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	0.8 S	2.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	2	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	8	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1225	1907	2130	2095	1977	1778	1467	1399	1007	1018	1040	1064	1054	3050	3487	3339	3064	2119	2140	1724	1521	1301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:36PM 1.90				8:22AM 2.55					10:14PM 1.20			9:03AM 2.21					11:03PM 1.28			9:34AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)				2:11AM 1.44				3:13PM 0.39				1:23AM 1.22					4:25PM 0.40			3:39AM 1.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	2	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	10	11	11	9	9	9	11	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 NW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	13	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15							Tuesday 16
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	948	1133	1225	1426	1652	1907	559	646	157	157	330	212	242	2299	2134	1988	2008	1790	1660	1627	1484	1473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:36PM 1.90											8:29AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)										1:10AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	1
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	18	18	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	18	18	14	13	13	13	16	16	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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