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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	0	3	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	2	4	3	1	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	2.0 NW	0.7 W	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	15	13	14	13	12	13	8	11	16	8	15	9	9	9	10	9	10	12	12	18	16
Energy	91	477	660	106	694	274	53	507	184	498	1145	420	1444	1271	2482	624	2002	610	170	676	776	1295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 2.19		8:27PM 1.93	7:38AM 1.33		8:48PM 1.99	9:10AM 1.67		10:30PM 2.57	11:27AM 2.32		8:32PM 1.66	12:10PM 1.64		10:04PM 2.11	11:40AM 1.60		11:42PM 1.53	11:46AM 1.50		11:56PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 0.76	2:35AM 0.84	1:48PM 0.09	3:16PM 0.21	3:14AM 0.66		2:54PM 0.75		5:14AM 0.66	5:09PM 0.56	3:22AM -0.08	5:52AM -0.11	3:56PM 0.99		5:08AM 0.31	4:26PM 1.09		5:11AM 0.27	3:28PM 1.01		7:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	11	16	14	11	17	12	14	14	13	14	15	18	13	15	14	13	18	15	13	11
Low °C	13	14	8	15	14	9	14	12	13	11	13	12	13	18	11	12	13	11	15	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	13	9	16	12	9	16	10	12	14	11	13	14	17	11	15	13	11	18	14	11	9
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	8	9	5	13	12	13	12	5	8	8	10	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	13	14	11	8	12	13	11	10	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	9	6	5	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	10	-	-	6	7

	Sunday 26						Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	14	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	7	8
Energy	591	780	172	125	622	537	548	569	598	565	685	129	748	738	632	582	584	207	237	66	391	645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	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	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	low	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	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:26AM 2.29				8:20PM 1.91				9:36AM 2.28				8:48PM 1.99				10:14AM 1.19				10:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			1:46PM 0.52					2:28AM 0.83								3:14AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	15	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	16	10	11	11	11	13	14	15	17	11	8
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	15	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	15	8	9	9	10	12	14	14	16	10	8
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:37	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	8:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	15	12	14	14	14	14	9	9	10	14	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	13	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	8	3	-	8	-	-	-	5	9	10	9	9	9	-	5	4	-	-

	Sunday 26																		Monday 27
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	15	14	16	15	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	13	13
Energy	635	723	268	87	502	497	504	583	649	1132	994	146	1021	463	464	465	465	503	266	165	766	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:14AM 1.75													8:20PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)										2:54PM 0.76	3:02PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	12	14	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	16	12	14	12	12	11	11	12	15	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	12	13	11	14	14	13	11	10	10	15	10	13	11	11	10	9	10	14	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	8	10	15	14	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	16	12	8	16	16	16	14	14	14	16	13	8	8	8	8	12	12	15	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	0.8 W	1.6 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	5	10	-	-	-	3	5	5	5	9	-

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