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

7 day 48 hour

	Tue	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	16	9	9	15	9	15	9	9	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	17	16	16
Energy(?)	418	322	380	320	430	249	414	283	383	601	233	156	437	219	216	207	179	159	201	106	186	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:45AM 1.72		4:35PM 1.67	1:54AM 1.11		3:18PM 1.81	3:57AM 1.20	5:11AM 1.33	5:11PM 2.09		5:33AM 0.88	5:00PM 1.71		9:26AM 1.97		8:11PM 2.89	9:40AM 1.46	7:53PM 2.32		10:31AM 1.53		10:09PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10PM 0.63	7:29AM 0.17		8:28PM 0.57	9:28AM 0.77		10:26PM 0.76	10:09AM 0.93		11:38PM 0.26	10:00AM 0.65		12:49AM 0.04	1:46PM 1.55		3:45AM 0.30	1:24PM 1.23		2:33AM -0.27		4:06PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	20	14	15	22	14	20	16	12	20	20	12	16	18	14	18	18	15	19	21	18
Low °C	15	14	20	12	13	21	12	19	16	11	18	20	11	12	18	12	14	18	13	17	20	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	20	14	15	22	13	20	16	11	20	20	12	16	18	14	18	18	13	19	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:16	-	-	7:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	16	9	9	15	9	15	9	9	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	18	13	10	16	12	16	9	15	15	5	9	10	13	13	13	12	18	17	6	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	6

	Tue		Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	18	9	18	9	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	10	10
Energy(?)	809	333	599	418	321	498	469	498	385	371	366	366	362	430	449	459	296	191	305	222	476	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								3:39PM 1.88			1:54AM 1.11										6:18AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)										8:28PM 0.57				10:51AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	16	12	17	15	15	16	15	14	18	18	18	19	15	16	16	16	16	18	16	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	16	12	17	15	15	16	15	14	18	18	18	19	15	16	15	16	16	18	16	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	20	18	9	18	9	10	10	17	9	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	10	10	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	19	13	18	17	16	10	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	18	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	-	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	9	-	-

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