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

	Thu		Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thu
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	5	9	9	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	9	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 W	5.0 W	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	14	14	14	17	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	10	12	15	16
Energy(?)	690	1688	977	871	1896	11762	4532	5810	5323	3607	1641	1795	2579	1996	1400	1393	972	2412	2327	6353	11527	8533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 1.64		7:36AM 1.71	6:32PM 1.25		8:08AM 1.44	7:41PM 1.68		7:43AM 1.62		8:57PM 1.28	9:02AM 1.69		11:13PM 2.46	11:08AM 2.42		11:58PM 2.35	11:44AM 2.53		12:56AM 1.93	10:44AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 0.73	1:12PM 1.13		1:07AM 0.16		2:01PM 0.89	2:02AM 0.16		4:08PM 0.25	2:30AM 0.33		5:10PM -0.03	4:44AM 1.06		5:15PM -0.29		5:38AM 0.62	6:44PM -0.50			5:28PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	7	5	-	-
High °C	20	17	13	15	16	18	18	19	14	20	17	19	18	15	18	19	15	15	18	14	14	16
Low °C	19	16	11	14	14	16	17	18	14	20	15	16	16	15	15	17	15	15	16	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	17	13	15	16	18	18	19	14	20	17	19	18	15	18	19	15	12	17	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	3.5 W	5.0 W	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	8	14	14	14	17	13	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	14	12	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.1 W	1.5 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	18	22	9	9	20	20	18	8	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	16	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-

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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	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	8	10	11	8	20	13	10	20	14	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1233	1012	1580	1700	1529	1030	1955	1348	642	1098	1536	1055	3126	13410	9616	8440	8434	8449	8170	7615	5428	6061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:16PM 1.65				7:37AM 1.73				6:32PM 1.25					8:47AM 1.66				9:05PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	1:21PM 1.09				12:20AM 0.13				12:43PM 0.67	2:27PM 0.86				2:30AM 0.83				3:32PM 0.60			2:00AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	20	14	13	13	16	20	17	14	17	16	16	14	16	18	18	17	16	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	20	14	13	13	15	20	17	14	17	16	16	13	16	18	18	17	16	13	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	10	10	8	10	11	13	10	9	14	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	18	11	22	22	10	21	20	9	20	20	20	20	13	19	18	18	18	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	8	-	11	8	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	8	9	9	13	8	11	10	11	12	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	8
Energy(?)	1450	1408	1756	750	655	690	2098	897	233	836	1115	1700	889	808	741	1278	614	802	723	905	815	1616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							5:17PM 1.66														7:43AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)															1:56AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	25	20	20	19	18	17	19	12	14	14	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	25	20	20	19	17	17	19	12	14	14	11	10	10	8	11	11	11	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	24	19	18	18	18	11	18	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	13	8	9	9	13	8	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8

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