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			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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	1	3	2	1	3	1	3	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	15	13	14	13	12	12	7	16	16	15	10	15	9	10	10	12	12	12	9	10	16	15
Energy	555	660	106	492	303	173	461	99	492	833	606	111	1155	1124	788	825	1140	267	2461	1920	1204	1300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:27PM 1.93	9:36AM 2.28		8:48PM 1.99	9:10AM 1.67		10:38PM 2.70	11:36AM 1.78		11:05PM 2.08	10:52AM 1.62		11:55PM 2.20	11:40AM 1.60		11:59PM 1.76	1:44PM 0.91		12:26AM 2.62		2:18PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 0.19	2:35AM 0.84		2:19PM 0.62	3:14AM 0.66		4:14PM 0.94		5:25AM 0.10	2:23PM 0.24			3:56PM 0.99		5:08AM 0.31	6:05PM 0.64		7:21AM -0.13	4:56PM 1.18		7:33AM 0.31	7:09PM 1.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	16	14	11	14	12	15	13	13	16	19	16	12	15	16	14	18	12	11	13	13
Low °C	14	8	15	14	10	11	12	15	11	13	12	16	16	11	12	16	10	15	12	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	8	16	12	9	14	10	14	12	12	16	19	15	10	15	15	14	18	10	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	8	9	5	13	12	7	12	4	8	8	6	15	13	10	10	13	12	12	20	19	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	14	11	13	12	13	16	16	15	10	11	14	14	13	12	13	11	18	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.6 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	0.3 SE	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	6	-	7	-	-	-	10	6	9	-	-	12	-	2	9	10	-	-

	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	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	10	14	9	12	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	18
Energy	1022	204	1152	519	548	523	572	563	662	129	635	702	675	526	561	222	138	188	309	687	692	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:20PM 1.91				9:36AM 2.28				8:48PM 1.99				10:14AM 1.19				10:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)						2:28AM 0.83								4:44AM 0.34				4:39PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	16	10	10	11	9	13	15	14	14	13	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	14	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	15	8	8	9	8	12	15	13	13	12	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:52	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	0.6 WNW	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	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	9	14	9	14	14	14	9	12	10	14	12	12	12	9	12	7	7	11	11	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.3 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	13	8	8	8	12	9	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	10	9	-	9	-	-	7	7	-	-	-

	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	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	12
Energy	926	188	854	506	567	555	781	767	959	114	874	519	517	750	548	518	204	199	507	614	572	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)											9:28PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)																	3:28AM 0.37	4:06AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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

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