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

	Tue	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Emma Wood State Beach CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NNW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW
Period(s)	9	15	14	8	11	13	7	10	10	9	9	9	16	14	14	14	12	12	11	5	20	20
Energy	552	470	776	480	1622	496	555	1115	1019	412	383	434	608	590	736	296	363	343	229	84	800	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 2.05		5:02PM 1.46	1:48AM 1.91		7:18PM 1.65	4:58AM 1.49		7:11PM 1.73		7:01AM 1.71		8:46PM 1.74	7:10AM 1.23		9:42PM 2.01	8:59AM 1.32		9:43PM 1.69	10:51AM 1.73		11:05PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		9:24AM 0.23			9:55AM -0.06		11:48PM 0.92	12:25PM -0.07		1:27AM 0.85	1:59PM 0.00	2:09PM 0.08	2:42AM 0.65	1:34PM 0.05		3:53AM 0.55		3:41PM 0.88	4:09AM 0.20		4:33PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	7
High °C	11	13	12	14	11	15	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	12	14	13	13
Low °C	9	11	11	11	8	14	10	8	12	9	10	11	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	13	11	14	9	14	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	7	14	8	11	13	13	11	11	9	9	9	8	14	14	14	12	12	11	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	15	10	9	14	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	8	8	5	8	8	9	12	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NNW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.0 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	10	10	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	5	5

	Tue		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 NW
Period(s)	12	12	11	18	18	14	9	9	10	14	13	13	13	14	14	11	7	11	11	10	10	7
Energy	588	1167	1100	921	552	718	717	754	1055	1159	1088	1356	1153	512	797	1515	1158	1661	1098	1200	1038	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:22AM 2.09						5:19PM 1.56			4:32AM 2.12					6:49PM 1.25				5:50AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)						10:58AM -0.26				10:30PM 0.99				10:32AM -0.16					11:27PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	13	16	16	12	15	14	13	10	9	8	8	15	18	11	10	9	7	9	9	12
Chill °C (?)	17	13	12	16	16	12	15	13	12	9	8	7	6	15	18	8	8	6	4	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	18	14	9	9	10	14	13	13	10	8	16	12	13	10	11	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	18	5	8	15	14	15	7	7	18	13	14	11	16	16	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	-	-	1.5 NW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	7	11	11	-	-	7

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s)	19	12	12	12	19	10	10	10	11	15	15	15	15	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	14	9
Energy	672	1179	1289	418	377	484	532	595	810	533	596	566	646	386	448	719	683	626	494	654	640	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									1:56AM 2.13		3:15AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)																		10:45AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	15	17	17	9	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	12	11	10	12	11	13	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	18	14	14	17	16	7	10	10	11	7	7	8	8	11	10	8	12	9	12	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	19	12	12	8	19	16	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	12	12	9	7	8	8	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	5	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-

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