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 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	13	13	12	12	11	12	19	14	14	9	16	13	8	10	10	9	11	8	16	14
Energy(?)	171	547	368	1423	1570	1329	666	1159	231	587	621	689	306	1117	1295	1097	588	952	294	407	220	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:08PM 1.10	2:02PM 1.82	1:34AM 2.38		3:25PM 1.69	2:34AM 2.40		4:30PM 1.61	3:13AM 2.69		5:47PM 2.10	4:18AM 2.52		6:49PM 1.25			7:22PM 1.23		6:31AM 1.42		8:16PM 1.48	6:05AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 1.21		8:42AM 0.03		8:34PM 0.94	9:41AM -0.42		9:15PM 1.52	10:58AM -0.26		10:28PM 1.58	11:24AM 0.28		11:27PM 1.41	12:06PM -0.16		12:53AM 0.73	1:29PM -0.05		2:15AM 0.58	12:36PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	10	4	1	6	1	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	10	13	12	11	16	16	11	11	11	17	11	10	13	14	12	13	12	11	10
Low °C	12	13	9	10	12	10	10	15	13	10	10	9	15	11	9	10	14	9	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	8	12	11	9	15	15	9	10	9	17	8	7	12	14	12	12	10	8	8
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	12	12	11	12	12	9	14	9	7	13	9	10	10	9	11	8	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	7	7	6	13	5	12	19	14	8	15	16	16	12	12	15	14	13	16	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	5	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	9	9	8	8	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	207	247	458	418	523	525	754	1322	1188	1851	1360	1338	1392	1483	1050	1202	1050	768	700	565	531	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				2:27PM 2.26			1:34AM 2.38					3:28PM 2.18			1:39AM 2.43					4:21PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	6:30AM -0.34				7:37PM 0.73					9:02AM -0.44			7:33PM 1.32					9:14AM -0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	3	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	1	5	2	2	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	14	14	12	12	11	10	11	13	11	12	12	11	14	14	12	11	10	10	17
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	14	11	11	11	8	9	12	9	10	11	9	14	13	11	11	8	8	17
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	8	8	8	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	14	14	14	14	15	14	8	7	7	13	6	13	13	12	12	6	12	5	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	3	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 19																		Monday 20
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	191	247	233	122	339	259	370	413	262	347	418	418	343	450	403	164	196	488	483	435	443	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										2:50PM 1.76										12:48AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			7:54AM -0.51											6:46PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	12	13	12	16	14	14	15	17	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	11	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	10	11	12	11	16	13	14	15	16	14	14	13	11	12	13	13	11	10	9	10	16
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	8	8	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	6	14	14	14	14	5	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	2	4	4	4	-	5	5	-	3	4	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	6

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