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

	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	12	16	10	16	15	10	13	15	16	15
Energy(?)	5625	3028	1304	1787	1541	1432	837	802	785	806	1055	1083	751	684	511	762	1351	1849	1759	5107	2107	5860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:49AM 2.58		1:54AM 2.41	12:43PM 3.07		2:55AM 2.35	11:36AM 2.16		3:34AM 1.34		2:30PM 2.55		4:27AM 1.67	2:32PM 1.84		4:37AM 1.57	3:05PM 1.59		5:58AM 1.83	5:16PM 1.61		7:37AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07PM -0.14	6:48AM 1.48		8:01PM -0.03	5:16AM 1.27		7:31PM -0.24	7:37AM 1.10		9:53PM 0.30	9:06AM 1.34		10:01PM 0.35	9:48AM 1.16		10:11PM 0.45	11:56AM 1.05		10:45PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	27	3	7	1
High °C	15	21	16	17	21	18	25	18	20	26	26	24	24	22	15	19	19	18	15	15	17	18
Low °C	15	18	15	15	20	18	24	17	19	26	23	23	23	18	14	17	18	16	14	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	21	16	17	21	18	25	18	20	26	26	24	24	22	15	19	19	18	14	14	17	17
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 SW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	16	10	9	15	14	8	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.6 SSW	0.2 E	1.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	13	19	18	18	12	16	16	14	11	10	10	17	16	7	3	13	14	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	2.4 SSW	-	2.1 SSW	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	10	-	9	5	-

	Friday 07						Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	6427	5836	4986	4381	3677	3214	3020	3020	1090	1041	1516	1329	1371	1222	1063	1238	1185	1101	769	571	529	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:55AM 3.18				12:18AM 1.49				12:35PM 2.91								12:10PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	5:55AM 0.87					7:07PM -0.14			5:08AM 1.01				6:56PM 0.00				4:26AM 1.17				6:39PM 0.22	8:55PM -0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	15	20	17	16	20	22	22	18	18	18	24	25	21	17
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	15	12	12	16	17	15	20	17	16	20	22	22	18	18	18	24	25	21	17
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 07																			Saturday 08
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	5348	4612	6277	5810	5796	5625	4141	3312	1368	1368	4182	3957	2334	2476	2621	2856	2815	2774	2947	2865	1183	2903
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)																						1:48AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)														5:57PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	14	15	23	24	21	21	15	14	18	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	18	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	14	14	15	23	24	21	21	14	13	17	16	16	18	18	18	15	16	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	14	-	-	11	11	15	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	5	5	-	-

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