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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	4	3	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NNW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	12	13	9	13	7	8	11	15	9	8	14	10	10	12	10	12	8	18	16	16	15	13
Energy	659	494	490	53	454	545	260	1010	1431	153	421	1328	741	1198	987	355	974	797	1122	620	769	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 1.71		10:00PM 2.51	10:35AM 2.30		10:48PM 2.20	10:53AM 1.27		9:39PM 2.08	10:52AM 1.62		11:45PM 2.27	1:32PM 1.26		11:28PM 1.73	1:40PM 2.32		12:26AM 2.62		2:01PM 1.24	12:46AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 0.62	4:25AM 0.81		4:31PM 0.43			4:59PM 0.46	4:32AM 0.39		3:56PM 0.99		7:15AM -0.12	3:03PM 0.92		7:02AM 0.32	6:35PM 1.38		7:07AM -0.21	6:40PM 0.94		6:45AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	10	17	12	13	17	13	12	20	17	13	15	21	13	18	13	12	13	13	13	12
Low °C	8	14	7	14	11	10	12	12	10	16	17	10	11	19	10	15	13	9	11	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	13	8	16	10	12	17	12	10	20	16	11	15	21	12	18	11	9	12	11	12	11
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	9	13	12	8	11	15	10	8	14	12	10	13	10	12	12	8	9	9	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	13	11	15	10	15	10	14	14	13	12	13	18	18	11	16	11	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 W	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	7	8	-	8	9	-	6	10	-	12	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	12	12	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	16	7	7	8	18	18	8	18	8
Energy	537	523	572	559	662	563	670	560	359	586	561	574	170	66	487	535	714	811	912	740	307	319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:36AM 2.28				10:04PM 1.95				10:43AM 1.77				10:38PM 2.70				10:44AM 1.29	11:17AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 0.83				3:49PM 0.30				3:14AM 0.66												3:35PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	9	11	11	13	12	13	16	11	9	8	8	9	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	12	10	12	15	10	6	6	7	8	15	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	9	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	13	7	11	8	8	8	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	12	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	19	11	11	18	11	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	5	9	9	8	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	8	8	8

	Monday 27
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	506	537	693	621	658	652	721	634	484	479	552	659	447	107	619	536	528	529	672	332	192	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										8:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)					3:53AM 0.55												3:33PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	8	7	7	10	9	13	13	14	11	12	17	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	8	6	6	9	9	13	12	13	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	9	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	12	12	13	12	8	8	13	12	9	17	12	15	12	12	12	13	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.7 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	10	9	9	9	9	5	5	4

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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