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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	14	15	14	13	14
Energy(?)	449	537	542	545	1350	2005	755	471	671	482	533	764	1077	1516	1854	2401	4227	4449	1664	2660	1175	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 2.52		12:49AM 1.91	10:14AM 2.04		12:24AM 1.11	12:24PM 2.51		2:01AM 1.39		1:18PM 2.33	3:26AM 1.89		2:15PM 2.10		4:18AM 1.91	3:18PM 2.24		5:08AM 2.37	4:31PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	1:42AM 0.96		3:29PM -0.16		4:08AM 1.01	6:53PM -0.60		6:36AM 1.02	6:38PM -0.05		7:35AM 1.02		8:33PM -0.33	8:40AM 1.01		9:25PM 0.36	9:53AM 0.97		10:09PM 0.56	11:11AM 1.30		9:55PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	13	13	13	16	19	17	12	14	14	14	15	15	13	16	14	15	19	20	16
Low °C	12	13	12	12	12	12	15	17	16	11	13	13	13	13	15	12	16	13	13	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	13	13	12	15	19	16	12	14	14	14	15	15	12	16	14	15	19	20	16
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	14	15	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	7	10	13	7	7	12	9	13	12	12	12	16	12	16	15	15	18	17	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Thu		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	State Line Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	665	618	563	506	226	537	266	542	524	267	545	747	1024	1251	2387	2895	2550	1896	1561	1234	1008	698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:10PM 1.55									12:49AM 1.91				11:33AM 2.63					1:41AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)									4:54PM -0.19				5:41AM 1.01				6:53PM -0.60				6:36AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	13	10	13	18	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	12	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	13	9	13	18	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	8	8	11	8	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	0.4 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.0 NW
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	16	14	16	13	12	11	7	12	9	13	13	15	12	13	14	14	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	State Line Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	708	690	665	462	229	453	368	445	332	231	510	506	431	426	419	423	463	328	391	398	518	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)							10:32PM 1.15	11:57PM 1.89											10:40AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)													4:48AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	13	11	13	12	12	14	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	12	10	13	11	12	14	9	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	6	6	6	14	6	6	14	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	-	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

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