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

7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			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	Calafia Baja Norte	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Secrets CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	17	8	9	9	8	14	14	14	8	17	13	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	469	1046	975	493	423	350	280	201	173	107	96	362	543	538	523	695	947	1437	1215	490	989	973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:11AM	6:45PM	9:01PM	11:32AM	9:43AM	10:02PM 10:58AM	12:35PM			12:44PM		11:02PM	12:35PM		10:21PM 7:44PM	1:43PM 8:41PM		11:42PM		3:24PM		3:49AM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM		4:37AM				5:29AM	4:41PM	3:33AM	5:48AM 2:41PM	5:07PM		5:34AM	3:54PM		6:33AM	4:14PM		8:06AM		10:40PM	8:46AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	13	17	17	15	15	18	16	17	24	20	19	19	19	19	17	13	14	13	12	19
Low °C	18	20	12	16	16	13	12	18	13	14	24	18	16	18	16	16	16	11	13	12	11	15
Chill °C (?)	19	20	13	17	16	15	15	18	15	17	24	20	19	19	19	19	16	12	13	13	11	19
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	14	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	13	7	8	16	9	9	17	17	16	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	18	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	12	19	17	12	12	11	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.4 NW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	7	8	10	8	9	9	16	9	8	8	15	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	772	469	529	1046	475	771	975	888	636	493	470	423	288	350	350	343	273	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 1.35			7:44PM 2.03	9:20PM 2.09					11:23AM 1.91			8:18PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				2:51PM 1.07				4:47AM -0.00				3:33PM 1.59				4:45AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	20	20	16	12	12	12	19	17	17	16	14	13	13	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	20	15	11	12	12	19	17	16	15	13	13	12	9	14	15
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	14	14	7	8	9	9	16	9	8	8	9	14	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	19	18	13	14	14	13	6	13	16	16	15	9	14	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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