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 31			Saturday 01			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	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	6	4	5	4	4	7	9	9	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	2.4 WNW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	15	12	13	10	14	13	14	16	18	16	15	14
Energy(?)	2602	2011	1311	1896	1500	1376	1216	411	374	442	1647	1764	1837	858	1641	1731	4200	12115	7492	6051	2197	1935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:24PM 2.53		12:40PM 1.78	2:14PM 1.51			3:32PM 1.50		7:08AM 1.54	4:35PM 1.50		7:32AM 1.36	5:17PM 1.66		7:37AM 1.73	6:33PM 1.66		7:00AM 1.74	7:48PM 1.26		7:51AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55PM 0.62			10:00PM 0.52			10:23PM 0.15	10:50AM 1.45		11:53PM 0.15	1:10PM 0.95		12:33AM 0.53	1:13PM 1.13		12:21AM 0.48	1:00PM 0.80	2:06PM 0.47	1:49AM 0.62		3:29PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	11	19	18	17	23	16	20	26	23	14	25	11	15	18	14	17	23	19	21	24
Low °C	17	11	8	19	16	17	23	13	16	25	21	12	23	10	12	17	13	15	21	18	16	22
Chill °C (?)	18	13	9	18	18	17	23	16	20	26	23	14	25	10	15	18	14	17	23	19	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	2.4 WNW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	12	17	12	12	12	9	9	18	15	12	18	10	14	13	14	16	18	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	17	12	17	16	16	11	11	15	8	15	24	16	22	17	16	20	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26				Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	4212	3363	1761	5886	4569	4740	4381	1196	3377	3160	3236	3320	1500	1368	1388	1284	1255	1253	1528	1079	1038	1252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 2.53					5:12AM 1.23		1:32PM 1.80	2:31PM 1.65					6:51AM 1.50		1:10PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				8:59PM 0.06								10:10PM 0.13				8:39AM 1.49				11:00PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	18	10	14	13	9	14	23	16	18	14	17	18	18	23	18	19	19	20	22	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	18	8	13	12	7	14	23	15	18	14	17	18	18	23	18	19	19	20	22	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	16	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	13	17	12	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11

	Sunday 26												Monday 27
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4868	4450	681	2281	2638	2637	6056	1711	2080	2495	2073	3858	3180	6518	3298	3301	3158	2879	1702	2983	3471	3932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				6:52AM 1.44		8:33AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	22	15	17	18	13	15	16	11	15	12	13	12	12	12	17	17	11	12	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	22	13	16	18	10	14	16	9	14	10	11	10	10	9	15	15	10	10	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.3 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.5 SW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	14	16	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	17	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	13	17	17	17	17	12	16	16	16	16	20	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	3.5 WNW	1.4 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	4	13	5	13	-	-	7	8	-	-	13	12

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