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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	2	3	4	3	1	4	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	14	15	13	9	13	13	12	12	11	16	15	15	14	9	10	10	12	12	9	10	9	16
Energy	919	496	660	702	694	270	139	427	235	501	978	572	49	1401	581	692	972	1370	878	1160	1696	1701
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 2.19		9:26PM 2.42	9:36AM 2.28		10:17PM 2.12	9:10AM 1.67		9:14PM 2.04	10:02AM 1.65		11:06PM 2.76	11:00AM 1.64		11:10PM 1.83	12:54PM 1.64		10:31PM 2.11	12:29PM 1.56		12:26AM 1.73	1:54PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 0.70	3:38AM 1.02			4:42AM 0.31		2:54PM 0.75	3:54AM 0.51		4:51PM 1.06			5:43PM 0.69		6:28AM -0.20	4:26PM 1.09		5:46AM 0.27	4:35PM 0.54		6:10AM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	13	14	11	12	14	12	16	12	13	14	14	12	17	14	13	15	18	13	11	14	11	12
Low °C	11	14	8	8	14	10	12	12	12	11	14	11	16	13	10	12	17	11	10	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	9	11	12	10	16	10	12	14	13	10	17	13	12	15	18	13	9	12	9	12
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	13	5	12	12	11	8	8	15	5	9	10	10	13	12	12	10	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	13	12	11	13	6	13	16	10	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	13	18	12	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	12	-	9	-	-	9

	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 NW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	16	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	17	9	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy	644	651	591	780	107	985	535	534	548	535	598	753	68	725	533	630	681	582	558	211	141	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:26AM 2.29				8:20PM 1.91				9:36AM 2.28				10:04PM 1.95				9:08AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 1.25			1:13PM -0.01	3:02PM 0.19				2:28AM 0.83				3:49PM 0.30				3:14AM 0.66				2:58PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	12	17	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	12	12	9	12	12	14	18	15	19
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	11	16	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	15	10	11	7	11	11	14	18	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	16	9	14	14	14	14	9	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	12	13	8	8	8	8	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	5	-	4

	Sunday 26
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 S	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	566	562	644	679	74	766	433	416	416	416	565	780	78	1014	578	962	508	496	496	252	251	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									7:07AM 1.74													8:37PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				2:48AM 1.33												2:53PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	11	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	11	10	10	13	13	13	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	14	8	16	16	16	16	8	8	16	9	14	14	8	8	8	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 S	1.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	12	15	8	12	12	12	14	14	12	14	13	13	15	15	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	5	-	8	9	-	-	-	4	5	5

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