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 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	4	2	3	4	3	2	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 NW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	12	11	10	20	16	16	14	14	14	8	22	9	10	20	10	10	18	17	9	16	8	7
Energy	2187	4070	3391	1571	3133	2110	237	819	1157	854	271	1897	1351	724	3092	2070	1022	1695	1426	845	1866	792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 1.62		10:11PM 2.20	10:27AM 0.99		8:57PM 2.12	9:46AM 1.13		9:19PM 1.71	12:33PM 1.17		10:04PM 1.61			10:29PM 2.11	1:56PM 1.28		10:55PM 1.66		2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08PM 0.59			4:29PM 0.86	4:18AM 0.30		3:41PM 0.83	4:50AM -0.18		2:54PM 0.66		7:32AM -0.20	3:39PM 1.18		6:42AM -0.20	4:11PM 1.22		7:18AM -0.19	6:56PM 0.95		8:51AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	13	13	14	18	18	14	15	19	16	12	24	16	15	23	16	17	15	18	17
Low °C	12	14	11	12	12	13	17	18	13	12	18	9	10	23	15	11	23	15	14	15	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	13	11	13	18	18	12	14	19	15	10	24	15	14	23	15	17	14	18	17
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	16	16	14	14	14	8	7	9	10	20	11	10	18	7	9	16	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	20	20	9	10	6	14	6	13	13	12	21	16	19	18	18	17	16	22	16	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	-	2.4 NW	-	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	8	-	9	-	9	10	10	10	7	9	7	8	7

	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	7	7	6	4	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	20	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14
Energy	6213	6179	5421	2187	1059	4070	2572	3253	3391	3116	1434	1571	1545	3133	3156	3022	2110	1042	1996	237	1140	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:51AM 1.62				10:11PM 2.20				10:27AM 0.99				10:44PM 2.21				9:46AM 1.13	12:51PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01AM 0.52				3:08PM 0.59								4:29PM 0.86				4:16AM -0.20				3:41PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	11	11	11	13	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	14	18	12	18
Chill °C (?)	9	11	13	14	12	14	13	10	10	11	12	13	14	11	11	11	13	13	14	18	10	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	21	20	19	20	20	19	9	8	8	10	9	9	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8

	Wednesday 27
	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	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	7	7	6	4	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy	5701	5677	6213	6486	9965	6179	8053	7999	5421	1921	5819	2187	1808	899	1059	211	1549	4070	3972	1447	2572	3297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					3:43AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	11	9	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	13	16	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	11	7	11	10	11	13	13	14	14	12	15	12	12	12	14	14	15	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	14	-	-	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-

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