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 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	0.8 S	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 S	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	0.7 SSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	18	10	17	11	16	8	8	8	8	9	19	18	18	18	17	11	11	15	12
Energy(?)	886	1923	1142	616	1219	816	850	621	1207	974	667	934	1172	969	1136	473	496	602	676	1012	385	769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:29AM 0.59	5:46AM 1.21		9:08PM 1.48	6:11AM 1.79		10:00PM 1.19	8:39AM 1.84		9:39PM 1.10	8:11AM 1.48		11:12PM 1.70	10:25AM 1.98		10:36PM 1.29	9:41AM 1.98		10:29PM 1.35	10:17AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:31PM 0.62			1:59PM 0.10		12:35AM 1.38	1:55PM 0.44	2:14PM 0.47	2:14AM 0.89		2:17PM -0.82	2:35AM 0.59		4:00PM -0.04	4:37AM 0.78		5:25PM 0.02	3:54AM 0.47		5:44PM -0.01	4:15AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	11	20	14	17	13	21	18	16	19	17	15	17	17	23	24	24	21	18	22	21
Low °C	13	17	11	15	14	13	11	21	15	11	19	15	15	17	17	18	23	23	15	17	19	16
Chill °C (?)	19	17	11	20	14	17	13	21	18	16	19	17	15	17	17	23	24	24	21	18	22	21
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.9 S	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	0.7 SSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	11	19	11	9	10	8	11	16	8	8	14	14	9	9	10	8	10	17	11	11	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	20	18	20	18	18	17	9	11	15	15	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	8	16	16	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 S	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	0.8 S	2.1 NW	2.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	19	12	13	18	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	9	9	10	8	8
Energy(?)	1674	1034	2079	2245	1212	1890	3345	1007	2405	1325	1410	1676	1538	1549	1215	1028	1119	535	615	688	1161	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						8:50PM 1.42			5:57AM 1.47					9:33PM 1.12			7:47AM 1.84					9:16PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)			12:07PM -0.72			10:54PM 1.41					12:59PM -0.77				1:40AM 1.22					3:15PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	24	23	19	19	19	17	9	13	26	24	20	10	10	10	9	17	25	13	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	18	24	23	19	19	19	17	8	13	26	24	20	9	10	10	8	17	25	13	18	17
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	13	12	13	8	11	11	9	12	9	18	10	11	11	9	16	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.2 NW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	12	18	19	18	18	18	14	18	9	16	16	14	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	-	7	13	-	11	-	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	8

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	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	2.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	10	9	10	11	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	19	12	12	12	12	19	19	11	19	19
Energy(?)	3283	784	743	809	906	1686	1362	3230	1501	1364	2218	2245	1148	1357	1293	1325	1377	797	1227	1159	1099	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																8:31PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)								12:31PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	15	17	18	16	21	11	12	24	23	21	10	11	11	10	16	19	11	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	14	17	18	16	21	9	12	24	23	21	8	11	11	9	16	19	10	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	11	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	19	12	12	12	12	7	13	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	20	12	12	20	20	20	20	20	15	19	19	18	20	20	20	20	12	19	20	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	12	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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