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

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.4 S	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	16	16	10	14	10	10	10	14	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	222	552	518	495	768	377	1144	1072	2088	111	772	433	367	452	426	608	358	752	829	615	528	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 2.02		9:04AM 1.65	7:47PM 2.04	8:59PM 2.49	9:35AM 1.72	7:36PM 1.76		8:37AM 1.48		9:24PM 2.00	9:03AM 1.87		8:55PM 2.02	12:15PM 2.02		11:49PM 1.63	12:09PM 1.69		10:31PM 1.48	12:40PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:59AM 1.20		1:18AM -0.07	1:55PM 1.15		4:02AM 0.41			2:27AM -0.08		2:21PM 0.40	4:01AM 0.39		4:59PM 0.45	3:15AM 0.38	6:01AM 0.10	6:14PM 0.79		5:51AM 0.30	3:58PM 0.49	4:27AM 0.33	6:18AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	21	26	24	22	18	24	19	19	15	16	19	15	18	16	14	21	25	18	18	18	22	17
Low °C	17	25	23	19	17	22	16	18	13	14	18	14	15	15	13	16	25	17	16	18	20	16
Chill °C (?)	21	26	24	22	18	24	19	19	15	16	19	14	18	16	14	21	25	18	18	18	22	16
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	16	16	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	12	9	16	12	8	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Arnold CAL - Ventura	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	7	9	10	10	14	15	10
Energy(?)	683	563	594	659	622	511	547	530	577	564	582	518	491	667	569	1108	1190	1844	2165	502	268	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.19	8:28AM 1.58			6:45PM 2.02				7:46AM 1.30	9:00AM 1.64			6:52PM 2.04	9:04PM 2.02				8:18AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	12:27AM 0.31				12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				12:54PM 1.03	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				3:28PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	23	21	23	25	24	21	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	15	14	13	14	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	21	23	25	24	21	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	14	14	12	14	22	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	2.0 NW
Period (s)	18	8	18	9	9	11	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	7	15	11	9	10	10	14	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	10	13	18	18	18	17	16	12	16	12	8	9	16	11	16	15	15	15	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	9	7	-	-	-	2	-	-

	Tuesday 16
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Arnold CAL - Ventura	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.2 NW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	18	10	18	19	18	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	16	11	11	18	18	16	16	18
Energy(?)	648	702	615	600	608	270	580	594	594	588	622	577	762	480	700	425	451	585	567	680	461	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:19AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)													11:57AM 1.18			2:05PM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	21	21	17	21	23	23	25	26	23	22	23	25	18	21	17	17	22	21	19
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	21	21	17	21	23	23	25	26	23	22	23	25	18	21	17	17	22	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.4 NW	0.8 S	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	10	18	9	9	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	16	11	11	8	8	16	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	19	13	19	10	9	10	13	13	13	13	9	11	9	11	6	18	18	18	10	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

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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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