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

	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	5	4	7	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	12	10	12	10	10	10	8	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1688	2560	3216	3731	1750	1030	2065	846	814	385	276	632	782	925	1171	533	815	1068	1100	869	724	405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:08AM 2.30		3:44AM 1.82		4:36PM 1.89		5:28AM 2.64	6:14PM 1.45		5:17AM 1.58	6:14PM 1.28		5:53AM 1.85	6:43PM 1.37	9:04PM 1.58	6:42AM 1.96		10:09PM 1.70	7:04AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 0.50	9:34PM 0.04	10:00AM 1.37		8:33PM 0.62	10:13AM 0.66		10:43PM 0.51	12:23PM 0.98		10:04PM 0.91	12:38PM 0.15		10:26PM 0.55			1:38AM 1.04		2:15PM -0.33	2:42AM 1.11		1:55PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	20	13	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	9	7	14	15	12	12	5	10	12	8	11	11	11	12	13	10	12	14	11	13	16
Low °C	15	6	7	13	14	11	12	3	7	11	7	9	9	9	10	12	9	11	12	10	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	6	4	13	14	10	9	2	9	11	6	11	10	10	12	12	9	12	14	11	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.6 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	12	10	15	10	10	10	8	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 W	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	11	15	15	12	10	14	14	9	16	8	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	-	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	3	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Popotla Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	11	14	10	10	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	239	2998	1589	516	2279	2720	3805	3216	2501	1847	6960	5331	6242	1346	1205	2232	1174	1663	2102	1067	1008	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:18AM 1.79	2:32PM 1.83				3:09AM 1.28	4:07AM 2.32			3:24PM 1.67				3:10AM 1.38				3:19PM 1.04				3:09AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)									10:03AM 1.42			8:38PM 0.23				8:41AM 1.05	11:17AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	1	1	19	8	3	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	11	8	17	13	12	6	7	8	8	11	12	13	11	9	15	9	13	10	6	9	12
Chill °C (?)	18	8	6	17	13	12	2	4	8	7	11	12	12	10	7	14	7	12	8	3	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	12	7	16	13	14	11	11	11	12	12	14	10	12	15	8	15	15	8	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Popotla Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	1.6 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	13	10
Energy(?)	339	3658	2292	271	1712	1673	1767	5926	2564	2371	4024	1774	1475	625	3121	698	3756	3297	2668	2347	3363	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)																1:38AM 1.59		3:12AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	18	11	10	19	15	15	9	10	10	9	13	15	16	15	13	17	9	12	13	7	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	7	6	19	13	13	6	8	8	7	12	14	15	14	11	17	6	10	13	6	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 SSW	0.5 NW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	1.6 W	2.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	8	10	11	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	16	11	13	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	13	12	10	12	13	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	3	-	-

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