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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	3.0 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 NW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	15	15	9	14	14	9	18	9	9	16	16	15	24	23	21	21	19	19	18	18	9	16
Energy	1421	910	1107	779	672	1753	720	922	1272	617	741	782	851	797	1172	1083	1485	1065	1111	1329	1519	1032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 0.95	8:11PM 2.40	10:10AM 1.64		9:58PM 2.47	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	1:21PM 1.42		12:07AM 3.06			10:28PM 2.01		2:56PM 1.49	1:56AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	12:00PM 0.87		3:35AM 0.27		2:40PM 0.68			3:34PM 0.74		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78	4:18AM -0.51	6:23AM -0.63	5:22PM 0.79		7:08AM -0.71	6:20PM 0.79		7:47AM -0.12	7:37PM 0.84	8:06PM 1.39	8:37AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	18	16	19	12	17	14	14	16	13	20	17	18	16	16	14	21	16	14	13	14
Low °C	15	18	13	15	19	11	14	13	13	13	13	19	15	18	15	15	14	19	13	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	19	17	16	19	12	17	14	14	16	12	20	17	18	16	16	14	21	16	14	13	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NNW	0.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	14	14	9	9	9	16	8	15	8	8	8	9	9	19	18	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 NW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	8	11	13	13	13	9	16	12	15	15	21	21	19	14	9	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SSW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	10	10	16	15	10	15	9	8	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	13	18	18	8	9
Energy	1399	1322	1239	1421	1132	910	2267	1735	1107	1054	1097	779	671	672	725	1223	1753	541	629	720	660	922
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)								8:25PM 1.90				10:10AM 1.64				9:34PM 2.89					11:37AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		2:02AM 0.00								2:02AM 0.24				2:40PM 0.68				3:36AM -0.42				3:34PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	23	15	16	18	13	13	13	16	16	16	14	19	18	13	11	13	15	17	19	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	23	14	15	18	12	12	13	16	16	16	14	19	18	13	11	13	15	17	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	9	10	10	8	8	14	14	9	14	10	10	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	15	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	8	10	14	11	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SSW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	16	16	10	10	16	10	10	16	16	16	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	9	9	9
Energy	1113	1118	1399	1399	1116	1322	1309	1268	1239	1417	1201	1421	1445	1132	1132	1114	1070	910	2294	2275	2267	2106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										8:16AM 0.15												8:25PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				2:02AM 0.00													3:25PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	20	20	17	20	19	20	23	18	18	15	22	18	16	15	15	18	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	20	20	17	20	19	20	23	18	18	14	22	18	15	14	14	18	14	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	16	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9

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