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

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	15	14	8	10	13	10	10	10	9	9	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	18	16
Energy	474	776	476	1452	680	760	732	748	718	237	488	625	575	563	505	654	623	272	374	565	1009	1465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 1.29	4:06AM 1.46		6:23PM 1.64	4:21AM 1.40	5:37AM 1.83	7:55PM 1.65		5:47AM 1.31		9:01PM 1.90	7:57AM 1.36		9:09PM 1.61	9:50AM 1.74		10:08PM 2.63	10:35AM 2.30		10:38PM 2.70	10:02AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35AM 0.31		10:51PM 0.87	11:17AM -0.15		10:45PM 0.86	12:56PM -0.09		1:27AM 0.85	12:43PM -0.03	2:23PM -0.01	2:52AM 0.80		2:18PM 0.04	3:18AM 0.41		2:19PM 0.62	4:34AM 0.86		4:22PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	14	11	13	10	11	11	10	10	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	14	13	14	12	14
Low °C	10	11	10	9	13	8	9	11	9	8	12	9	10	12	11	11	12	12	10	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	11	14	9	11	7	9	10	9	9	11	10	12	10	11	12	12	14	12	12	10	12
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	7	14	8	10	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	14	13	12	12	12	8	11	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	14	13	16	12	12	11	15	14	16	16	14	8	8	15	12	11	11	21	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	8

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s)	18	7	9	9	10	10	13	13	13	14	13	11	13	7	10	10	13	10	10	9	9	8
Energy	963	318	721	754	1109	1164	1110	1294	1171	505	702	1464	1003	1087	1179	1063	574	732	1332	612	544	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					5:19PM 1.56			4:20AM 1.99					6:56PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		9:54AM -0.25				8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	12:14PM -0.11				11:27PM 0.94				12:58PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	13	12	9	8	8	15	14	11	11	10	8	8	13	11	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	12	10	8	6	6	15	13	8	11	10	6	8	12	9	10	11	10	9
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	7	9	9	10	10	13	13	10	8	13	12	13	7	10	10	7	10	10	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	11	15	14	15	17	7	6	13	14	16	11	16	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	7	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	8

	Wednesday 22																		Thursday 23
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	18	15	10	15	10	10	14	14	14	7	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	13	13	13	9
Energy	917	242	398	469	659	627	691	788	778	315	596	951	663	674	646	834	983	999	1037	1036	1022	690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													5:48PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)					9:50AM 0.19												9:11PM 1.37	10:33PM 1.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	10	10	11	14	14	11	11	11	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	9	9	13
Chill °C (?)	15	8	9	10	14	13	9	9	10	13	14	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	8	12
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	10	10	14	9	9	7	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	18	15	10	10	16	18	8	14	14	10	15	8	7	7	7	9	15	7	7	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
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