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

	Thu		Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NW	0.9 SW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	16	14	14	13	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	9	10	19	12	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	201	246	547	660	604	653	1155	3478	2187	2103	3021	1074	1456	1350	625	540	1026	532	917	1430	517	1496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:30PM	12:17AM		5:34PM	3:59AM	4:22PM	5:19PM		5:12AM	7:43PM		6:32AM		12:15AM	5:49AM	3:00AM	8:07PM	9:14AM		12:59PM	12:30AM
Low Tide / height (m)	7:16PM		8:17AM		10:16PM	11:26AM	5:56PM	11:40PM	12:30PM		1:08AM 9:11PM	1:31PM		12:14AM	12:23PM	2:25PM	2:18AM		6:21AM		7:05PM 11:46PM	6:26AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	10	14	13	10	11	12	11	13	17	12	14	15	10	15	16	10	11	13	10	15	14
Low °C	15	8	11	12	10	10	11	8	9	17	12	12	15	9	12	16	9	10	12	9	11	14
Chill °C (?)	16	10	14	12	8	8	9	8	12	17	10	13	15	7	15	16	9	9	11	8	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	7:28	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	0.5 SW	1.8 NW	0.9 W	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	8	16	14	14	13	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	15	10	10	12	12	13	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	21	18	8	11	19	17	18	16	16	16	15	18	18	18	16	19	19	15	15	15	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	1.1 NNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	9	6	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	12

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	State Line Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	18	18	17	19	16	15	14	14	14	14	18	18	13	9	12
Energy(?)	265	201	201	249	246	286	251	547	627	660	732	668	604	395	395	653	1233	1155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:11PM 1.41				2:58AM 2.68					5:23PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			5:45PM 1.25	9:13PM 1.60				10:24AM 0.21				10:18PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	10	8	8	14	14	11	12	10	10	10	14	15	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	10	8	8	14	14	10	11	8	8	7	13	14	8	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	13	13	10	8	8	13	16	15	14	14	14	14	18	7	13	18	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	21	11	14	18	17	19	8	11	11	10	19	19	8	18	17	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	2.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	9	-	-	6	9	5

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