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 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Leo Carillo State Beach CAL - LA County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	13	14	9	12	13	7	8	11	15	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	18	8	8	16	16	14
Energy	660	118	654	228	53	447	253	260	1010	721	437	452	1732	814	777	690	48	1019	798	1179	601	1743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:34PM 2.54	8:12AM 1.71		8:48PM 1.99	10:26AM 2.18		10:48PM 2.20	8:36AM 1.24		11:05PM 2.08	12:10PM 1.64		10:04PM 2.11	12:25PM 1.28		9:16PM 2.18	1:15PM 1.20		12:26AM 2.62		2:02PM 1.17	12:46AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	3:47AM 1.09		2:19PM 0.62	3:14AM 0.66		4:22PM 1.01			4:15PM 0.39		5:52AM -0.11	3:56PM 0.99		5:51AM -0.11	5:48PM 0.69	4:19AM 0.27	6:30AM -0.20	6:43PM 1.45		7:33AM 0.31	6:22PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	10	16	11	11	17	12	12	16	13	11	15	17	14	15	17	14	17	13	11	14	14	12
Low °C	8	16	11	9	14	12	11	12	12	10	10	17	10	11	16	11	15	12	11	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	15	9	9	16	10	10	16	12	8	15	17	14	15	16	13	17	11	9	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	12	12	13	12	8	11	15	15	9	9	10	10	13	12	5	12	8	9	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	11	15	13	12	13	12	15	10	15	14	13	14	12	12	13	14	20	11	16	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 W	1.6 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	-	-	2.3 NW	-	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	9	6	5	7	-	-	8	10	-	-	10	-	8	9	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 W
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	12	12	10	14	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	16	8	7	8	18	18	18
Energy	1152	519	548	523	572	563	662	129	671	622	512	586	584	212	136	66	501	538	717	811	912	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 1.91				9:36AM 2.28				10:04PM 1.95				9:48AM 1.30				10:38PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)				2:28AM 0.83								3:14AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	16	10	9	8	11	13	14	14	16	11	9	8	8	9	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	15	8	7	7	10	12	14	13	15	10	6	7	6	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	8:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	9	12	10	14	12	12	9	12	12	7	7	13	8	11	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	12	9	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	19	11	11	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26						Monday 27
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	11	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	941	463	464	465	787	756	826	118	766	688	676	523	507	446	275	34	586	563	692	487	619	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:20PM 1.91	9:26PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)											3:42AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	12	10	9	8	16	11	9	9	11	11	9	11	16	11	11	12	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	11	9	8	6	15	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	16	10	10	10	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	14	14	13	13	5	9	12	12	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	13	13	13	15	12	13	12	8	8	8	12	14	13	9	15	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	13

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