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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 W	1.9 NW	0.7 S	2.5 NNW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	8	12	9	15	14	13	13	7	11	11	11	11	8	11	18	8	17	17	9
Energy(?)	295	435	274	210	155	315	196	267	230	213	503	3191	1767	1769	1469	353	837	411	972	673	481	1242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 1.51	9:02AM 1.40		10:26PM 1.45	11:30AM 2.56		12:15AM 2.11	10:48AM 1.83		12:13AM 2.60	12:54PM 2.35		12:40AM 2.62	1:38PM 2.27		12:28AM 1.66	1:59PM 1.23	2:24PM 2.18	12:11AM 2.00		3:31PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	3:41PM -0.04	4:01AM 0.42		4:22PM -0.01	4:07AM 0.21	5:30AM 0.89	4:13PM 0.08			4:41PM 0.70		6:40AM 0.54	5:09PM 0.84		7:18AM 0.46	6:54PM 0.57		7:28AM -0.05	7:40PM 1.26		7:28AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	9	20	18	10	10	16	11	12	16	11	9	11	11	11	16	16	19	11	18	17	11
Low °C	25	8	18	18	9	9	15	10	11	15	9	8	10	9	6	16	13	16	11	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	25	6	20	18	9	10	16	10	11	16	9	8	8	9	9	16	16	19	9	18	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	7:27	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.5 W	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 W	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	13	12	11	12	11	11	8	11	11	19	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	8	12	10	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	12	11	20	18	14	17	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	344	484	550	515	202	710	206	524	249	210	282	265	203	370	335	301	221	342	241	273	244	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:16PM 1.54				10:55AM 2.00								10:55AM 1.60				10:27PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		3:45PM -0.09				4:45AM 1.10				3:39PM 0.44					5:20AM 0.84			4:57PM 0.10	5:31PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	21	13	18	13	19	9	17	10	18	18	10	10	16	9	9	10	12	9	10	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	21	12	18	12	19	6	17	10	18	18	10	10	15	8	9	10	10	9	9	12	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	9	8	9	7	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	10	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	16	14	8	12	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	-	8	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	12	9	9	7	7	9	7	7	13	8	7	8	12	12	8
Energy(?)	353	489	474	387	295	306	295	416	377	377	349	347	348	298	303	237	493	267	425	187	187	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)												10:46PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)						4:22PM 0.56												4:01AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	23	17	25	12	23	9	21	20	9	9	21	9	9	9	14	12	9	18	18	9
Chill °C (?)	22	14	23	16	25	10	23	6	21	20	7	7	21	8	8	6	14	11	8	18	18	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	9	13	9	13	12	8	12	12	9	9	7	7	9	7	7	8	8	7	8	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	13	12	13	8	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	8	11	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	9	9	4	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-

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