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

	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	8	8	9	10	10	10	17	10	10	10	9	9	15	9	24	21	20	20	20
Energy	669	1121	496	802	2161	2591	1767	3584	3674	1487	4020	1600	732	1337	980	273	2391	1049	1380	1357	1394	1810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61	1:14PM 1.02	2:11PM 1.40	11:31PM 0.86		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:33PM 1.60	1:44AM 1.75		4:28PM 1.53	2:37AM 1.20		4:36PM 1.63	3:56AM 1.07		5:04PM 1.76	4:19AM 1.01	5:50AM 1.53	7:51PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56PM 0.95		6:23AM -0.13	5:23PM 1.30		9:30AM -0.11	7:20PM 1.05		9:34AM -0.12		8:23PM 1.39	8:57AM -0.02		9:29PM 0.91	9:40AM 0.08		11:04PM 0.79	11:20AM 0.73		11:03PM 0.60	11:42AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	16	18	28	17	15	23	16	15	21	17	19	20	14	17	18	14	12	18	17	14	15
Low °C	13	15	16	27	15	12	23	11	13	20	15	13	19	12	12	17	12	11	18	16	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	28	16	14	23	16	15	21	17	19	20	12	17	18	12	12	18	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	16	7	15	14	8	10	19	10	10	17	10	16	16	16	16	15	9	14	21	20	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	22	16	6	18	18	19	16	18	18	17	16	12	16	16	15	15	14	24	14	7	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.5 W	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	9	7	8	-	-	-

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	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	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	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
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	8	18	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	387	669	666	628	1121	1108	1101	496	745	802	565	1444	2161	1342	1363	2591	1535	1767	1749	3409	3584	3774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:14PM 1.41	2:45PM 1.29		10:20PM 1.63	11:31PM 1.61					2:11PM 1.40			11:31PM 0.86					3:49PM 1.15			1:03AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			5:54PM 1.06				7:20AM -0.16								7:39AM -0.14	9:30AM -0.11			7:20PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	14	15	15	16	16	18	18	24	28	17	18	16	11	13	15	23	23	16	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	20	14	15	15	16	16	18	18	24	28	17	18	15	11	13	14	23	23	16	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	8	8	10	10	19	19	17	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	22	14	5	16	16	15	6	19	18	18	18	18	11	18	19	16	16	20	16	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	6	9	-	7	7	7	-	7	8	-	8	8	8	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Tuesday 02												Wednesday 03
	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	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	7
Energy	446	442	437	727	326	669	730	781	666	569	628	628	627	1118	1121	1124	1105	1108	584	1008	1101	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:45PM 1.29								10:20PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)								6:35PM 0.90													7:20AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	11	13	20	14	11	12	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	13	20	14	9	12	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	7	7	7	7	16	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	12	10	22	22	8	14	5	5	5	5	16	16	16	16	16	5	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	4	6	7	7	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7

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