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

	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	14	8	10	13	10	10	12	13	9	16	16	14	15	14	12	13	13	12	12	18	12	18
Energy	776	480	1469	895	768	732	576	128	258	483	281	754	436	290	677	420	281	461	1237	1266	26	780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:58PM 1.17	4:14AM 1.18		6:21PM 1.12		5:07AM 1.52	7:55PM 1.65		6:20AM 1.40		8:36PM 1.43	7:57AM 1.36		8:20PM 1.91	8:52AM 1.35		10:08PM 2.63	10:35AM 2.30		9:14PM 2.04	10:02AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		11:13PM 0.58	10:58AM 0.27		11:57PM 0.97	12:31PM -0.14		12:32AM 0.73	1:25PM 0.00	2:07PM 0.08	2:06AM 0.56			2:28AM 0.83		3:41PM 0.88	4:34AM 0.86		4:14PM 0.94	3:54AM 0.51		4:59PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	11	19	10	12	15	16	10	13	12	11	14	13	13	14	16	15	13	12	18	16
Low °C	11	11	8	18	8	9	14	16	9	12	12	11	14	10	11	14	15	11	13	9	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	9	19	7	11	14	16	9	12	11	11	14	12	12	13	15	14	12	10	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	8:05	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	0.7 S	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	8	10	16	10	10	12	7	9	9	16	8	15	14	12	13	13	12	21	18	15	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	14	13	11	12	12	15	13	14	16	8	14	9	8	15	11	12	13	13	11	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.7 NW	-	0.8 W	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	5	8	12	-	5	6

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	13	14	13	14	13	10	13	12	7	13	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9
Energy	721	591	1055	1164	1110	1488	1100	505	1055	1427	887	1045	570	648	1492	732	679	614	558	571	507	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:19PM 1.56			3:48AM 1.66					6:56PM 1.25			4:30AM 1.88					7:58PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)				8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	11:17AM -0.15				11:11PM 0.91				12:58PM 0.54				12:26AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	9	9	8	16	13	12	11	10	12	13	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	10	8	8	6	16	12	10	11	10	12	12	8	11	11	11	10	9	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	13	14	10	8	16	12	13	7	7	13	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	17	7	18	13	14	13	11	16	12	13	15	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	13	10	7	7	7	7	10	-	-	-	-	8	9	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	15	9	10	18	14	14	14	9	8	14	14	14	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13
Energy	474	488	891	779	776	608	821	662	780	1208	935	943	529	715	825	1021	1099	1087	943	813	881	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							5:40PM 1.56											4:23AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)											9:46PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	11	12	12	15	13	10	10	10	12	12	10	9	8	8	7	12	14	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	10	10	12	15	12	10	9	10	11	11	9	8	6	6	6	11	13	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	7	9	10	10	14	14	14	9	8	14	14	14	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.1 NW	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	15	18	18	9	7	9	18	14	8	9	9	14	14	14	7	7	6	6	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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