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 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Frankport Oregon South	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 W	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	12	7	7	8	15	8	14	14	6	13
Energy(?)	1324	918	1144	963	939	1097	857	659	1573	810	810	672	211	244	311	502	161	242	87	257	161	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:57AM 1.40			8:14PM 1.24	6:01AM 1.49	7:42PM 0.37	9:00PM 1.39	7:16AM 1.51		9:06PM 1.76	9:32AM 2.43		11:12PM 1.93	9:11AM 1.94		10:02PM 1.92	10:58AM 1.53		11:46PM 2.56	12:08PM 2.40		11:58PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	10:28PM 0.86	12:37PM -0.17		12:30AM 0.93	1:34PM -0.20		2:19AM 0.79		2:15PM -0.12	2:28AM 1.01		3:45PM -0.09	4:53AM 0.58		3:39PM 0.44	4:02AM 0.70		5:31PM 0.68		6:01AM 0.67	6:11PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	19	20	15	14	15	19	18	24	21	9	18	9	9	18	15	18	8	18	11
Low °C	15	10	14	17	20	13	10	12	18	17	20	19	8	17	9	8	18	14	17	8	17	11
Chill °C (?)	17	16	13	19	20	14	14	15	19	18	24	21	6	18	7	7	18	15	18	5	18	9
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	10	16	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	8	8	11	8	6	15	14	12	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	20	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	15	15	10	14	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 NNW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.5 S	1.0 NNW	1.3 W	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	8	4	7	7	-	-	8	3	6	6	5

	Wed		Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	511	1244	2101	2425	1977	1950	1167	1964	1799	1154	1077	1435	1046	939	890	713	1020	1295	1198	1267	1164	1764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:35PM 0.92			4:35AM 1.58									7:25AM 2.02					9:30PM 2.14				8:02AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 0.91					12:58PM -0.06				1:17AM 1.58				1:35PM 0.30					2:40AM 1.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	11	10	15	21	16	21	18	19	11	13	10	20	20	19	13	9	9	9	9	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	11	10	15	21	15	21	18	19	10	13	10	20	20	19	13	9	8	9	8	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	16	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	9	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

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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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	8	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	9
Energy(?)	407	470	398	486	536	1256	1373	1311	2101	1249	1783	1946	1518	1489	1487	1469	2749	702	702	798	1281	840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:21PM 1.16										6:00AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)							11:37PM 1.03														1:27PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	15	17	17	10	12	11	13	6	7	7	14	14	16	10	10	11	13	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	15	17	17	7	12	11	11	2	3	3	12	12	15	10	7	8	11	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	8	16	9	9	10	9	16	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	10	12	12	16	16	11	16	16	16	16	13	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	2.4 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	-	8	9	8	9	8	8	9	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	11	9

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