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	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	15	11	8	10	13	10	10	10	13	11	16	16	14	15	13	12	12	12	9	20	18	16
Energy	474	819	476	1486	1235	776	612	810	386	267	463	629	582	428	534	439	588	259	663	904	904	1078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 1.28	1:49AM 1.45		6:37PM 1.33	4:58AM 1.49		7:08PM 1.21	4:58AM 1.75	6:31AM 1.42		8:02PM 1.38	8:10AM 1.00		9:05PM 1.52	9:06AM 1.32		8:48PM 1.99	9:10AM 1.67		10:38PM 2.70	11:27AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	9:24AM 0.23			11:38AM -0.19		11:48PM 0.92	12:00PM 0.33		11:26PM 1.16	1:29PM -0.05		1:36AM 0.52		3:02PM 0.19	3:06AM 0.37		3:01PM 0.16	3:14AM 0.66		4:22PM 1.01		5:14AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	14	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	14	11	11	12	13	14	13	11	11
Low °C	10	17	11	9	12	8	9	11	11	11	12	11	10	14	10	10	12	11	11	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	14	9	9	7	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	12	10	9
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	0.7 S	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	16	8	10	16	10	10	10	13	11	9	8	14	15	13	12	9	12	9	11	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	10	11	14	13	11	12	12	11	12	13	16	16	8	9	8	15	12	13	12	20	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	13	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

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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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	11	10	18	14	9	9	10	10	11	14	13	14	13	11	7	7	8	13	13	10	10	9
Energy	1100	1120	572	713	721	754	1109	1164	1062	1488	1127	505	702	1406	1125	1109	1005	628	835	612	688	762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 2.09	2:33AM 1.74					5:19PM 1.56		1:48AM 1.91	3:48AM 1.66					6:49PM 1.25			4:30AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				10:29AM -0.28				8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	12:14PM -0.11				11:20PM 0.89				12:58PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	16	13	15	14	13	12	15	9	8	15	14	11	10	10	10	13	14	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	16	13	15	13	12	10	14	8	6	15	13	8	8	10	8	12	13	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	18	9	9	9	10	10	6	14	10	8	13	12	13	7	8	7	7	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	5	6	14	15	14	15	17	16	18	13	14	16	11	16	12	12	13	13	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	11	7	7	8	-	7	-	-	9

	Wednesday 22
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.8 S	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	12	10	18	9	10	10	11	11	18	9	14	15	7	14	15	14	14	10	10	14	14	14
Energy	1134	508	272	563	1120	1120	724	628	963	672	695	312	384	777	774	654	662	967	1058	823	833	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:49AM 1.77															5:19PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)													11:06AM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	16	10	11	11	11	10	16	11	10	12	14	12	12	13	13	14	14	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	11	15	8	10	11	11	9	15	10	9	11	13	10	10	12	11	13	13	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	10	12	9	10	10	11	11	12	9	14	7	7	9	8	14	9	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	12	12	18	15	5	5	12	12	18	15	8	10	10	14	15	7	14	15	15	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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