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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	1.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 WNW	2.1 SW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	7	10	9	7	11	11	10	12	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	10	13	13	15
Energy(?)	3307	1049	1308	365	177	159	601	3353	2656	2005	1371	1244	328	595	538	436	288	206	269	210	221	2425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:20AM 2.70	12:00PM 1.33		12:34AM 1.58	12:55PM 1.57		1:12AM 1.62		1:24PM 1.34	1:49AM 2.03		4:59PM 1.38			5:40PM 1.24	2:53AM 1.96			7:54PM 1.18	5:17AM 1.71		8:34PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50AM 0.32	5:45PM 0.26		6:59AM 0.68	6:31PM 0.84		8:27AM 0.63	6:18PM 0.96	7:05PM 1.00	8:53AM 0.60		9:44PM 0.85	11:28AM 0.57			11:45AM 0.36		11:07PM 1.06		1:02PM -0.12	12:53AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	1	-	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	8	16	12	12	13	12	14	18	13	16	16	11	15	12	18	16	12	11	9
Low °C	9	8	11	7	15	12	10	12	12	12	15	12	15	16	9	14	12	17	15	11	10	8
Chill °C (?)	7	10	10	5	16	10	9	11	10	13	18	12	16	16	9	15	12	18	16	11	9	8
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	15	11	11	9	10	9	10	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	2.1 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	15	14	9	13	13	13	15	10	13	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	9	8	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	7	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	8

	Thu		Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Marina CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	8	7	8	10	10	9	6	7	7	8	9
Energy(?)	1968	5699	4999	3768	2108	1534	586	613	1057	601	677	684	666	506	151	116	227	201	309	201	781	1111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:05AM 1.50				12:02PM 1.32				11:47PM 1.92	2:04AM 2.16			11:14AM 1.61					1:12AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	6:59PM 0.58				6:01AM 0.75				5:20PM 0.62					8:12AM 0.71			5:48PM 0.79					8:15AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	9	9	7	7	9	18	15	12	10	10	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	3	6	6	6	7	9	10	10	9	9	8	4	3	6	18	15	12	9	8	8	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	9	8	9	7	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	12	13	13	13	12	13	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	4	-	-	-	6	7	4	8	9

	Thursday 19							Friday 20
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Marina CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	11	11	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2262	2580	2485	2395	3759	3587	5363	3000	2980	3120	2867	1560	1380	1048	992	1207	5159	786	619	643	544	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					12:34PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	5	5	2	13	14	10	9	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	4	7	6	7	7	7	8	6	8	7	7	2	3	-1	11	12	8	9	9	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	14	15	15	10	10	10	10	8	11	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	16	11	11	15	15	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	8	8	11	-	-	-	-	-

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