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

	Sun	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Frankport Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	7	8	6	16	15	9	10	11	8	8	10	10	16	15	9	14	8	10	9
Energy(?)	866	302	639	561	313	567	224	211	1108	1370	1923	1689	1253	623	1418	337	361	422	264	348	1074	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:44AM 1.24					10:31PM 1.15	9:44AM 1.26		9:56PM 1.50	10:16AM 1.34			12:39PM 1.05					11:14PM 1.85	1:08PM 1.10		1:33AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)						3:39PM 0.16			4:58PM 0.23	4:09AM -0.06		3:51PM 0.27		6:38AM -0.12	3:50PM 0.79			4:59PM 0.52		6:30AM -0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	2
High °C	12	14	16	11	10	15	10	17	10	8	8	10	16	17	16	15	13	16	11	11	11	12
Low °C	9	11	15	9	7	14	9	15	9	7	7	10	15	15	16	12	10	15	10	8	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	8	9	14	9	17	7	5	7	6	14	17	15	14	12	15	9	8	9	11
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	14	14	8	16	8	7	14	10	11	14	13	10	10	8	15	14	14	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.1 S	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	18	18	13	13	12	15	16	14	15	18	17	16	13	16	9	18	8	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	0.5 S	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	7	-	6	3	-	9	-	-	8	8	-	10	-	6	9	3	6	-	-

	Sun		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	State Line Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 W	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	7	7	7	9	9
Energy(?)	1504	1108	1260	1077	1009	666	464	329	648	1024	1180	540	1019	782	285	322	306	1035	574	522	1978	1775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:51PM 1.21				8:21AM 1.38				9:09PM 1.29				9:53AM 1.05				9:10PM 1.44				10:56AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)								2:17PM 0.06				2:41AM 0.38								3:22AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	7
Temp. °C	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	16	9	11	10	10	11	11	19	11	10	11	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	10	13	12	15	7	10	10	10	11	9	19	11	10	9	9	9	7	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	9	6	9	9	8	13	8	8	7	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	18	15	14	10	14	14	14	16	12	12	13	10	14	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 W	-	-	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	9	9

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	State Line Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1581	1383	1504	1557	1302	1124	920	761	617	862	939	930	846	577	422	526	534	643	640	590	501	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															7:11AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)										2:17AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	11	9	10	10	10	13	10	11	14	15	15	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	11	8	9	9	9	12	10	11	13	14	14	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	9

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