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

	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 NW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	15	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	12	10	10	14	8
Energy(?)	2438	3211	2395	2205	869	1017	1104	1290	1456	3659	878	4908	3316	1277	1666	1346	684	544	734	590	436	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 1.96			7:13AM 1.53	7:00PM 1.52		6:29AM 1.93		7:52PM 1.51	8:08AM 1.62		9:16PM 1.55	8:13AM 2.10		10:48PM 1.31	9:35AM 1.85		11:53PM 2.14	10:35AM 2.63		12:35AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:48AM 0.82		1:26PM 0.55	12:23AM 0.73		1:10PM 0.67	12:31AM 0.79		2:17PM 0.54	1:01AM 0.90		1:34PM 0.38	2:02AM 1.07		3:26PM 0.31	3:41AM 0.88		5:10PM 0.30		4:45AM 1.45	5:46PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	36	5	-	2	-	-	-	2	9	24	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	4	-
High °C	17	18	16	15	16	14	12	13	13	11	13	13	11	15	14	16	15	14	12	12	14	12
Low °C	15	17	15	14	15	12	11	13	12	10	13	12	11	14	13	15	14	12	11	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	15	16	13	12	12	11	9	13	12	11	15	12	15	14	13	10	11	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	15	8	13	12	11	12	11	12	12	10	7	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	5	5	13	12	12	13	16	13	15	15	14	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	-	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-

	Thu		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	4048	7002	8351	6505	6784	6312	5565	5306	3336	3541	1144	1078	1351	1140	942	1162	2184	1245	1104	1093	1180	1290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:26PM 2.07				6:44AM 1.47				6:28PM 1.56				7:00AM 1.97					8:45PM 2.02				8:38AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)			12:20AM 0.26				12:26PM 0.84				12:25AM 0.33					2:17PM 0.33				2:18AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	-	8	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	12	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	14	17	15	15	14	15	12	12	11	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	14	17	15	14	14	14	11	12	10	10	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	11	10	10	14	14	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	7	7	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 W	4.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	0.9 SSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	14	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3692	6095	8262	2378	3100	1976	1898	1674	5158	2996	4212	540	6790	7249	7553	4672	4253	1606	1584	1553	1458	1349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															6:31AM 1.91	7:05AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)																						1:57PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	13	16	15	17	17	18	15	16	15	20	15	15	14	12	13	14	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	16	14	16	16	17	15	16	15	20	15	15	14	11	12	14	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	4.5 W	1.9 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	0.9 SSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	14	8	15	8	8	15	14	15	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.0 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	9	16	16	16	16	9	8	8	8	14	8	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	8	5	5	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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