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 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06
	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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	5	9	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WNW	5.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	22	14	14	14	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	12	10	10	13	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1435	977	873	1875	11762	9020	6983	5299	3817	3882	4033	2754	2036	1574	1550	701	3969	1718	3816	12698	6075	6079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 1.34	6:32PM 1.25		7:53AM 1.48	7:11PM 1.68		9:40AM 2.09		8:57PM 1.28	10:34AM 2.26		11:28PM 1.82	10:21AM 2.12		12:25AM 1.83	11:25AM 2.55		1:01AM 2.50	12:10PM 3.20		1:52AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.20	1:24PM 0.73		1:07AM 0.16	1:55PM 0.53		1:23AM 0.17		2:47PM 0.20	2:30AM 0.33		4:53PM -0.06	4:56AM 0.49		5:51PM -0.29		5:24AM 0.63	5:51PM -0.37		6:10AM 1.27	6:02PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	15	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	34	13	8	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	16	18	15	14	13	21	11	13	20	15	19	18	16	15	18	16	13	18	15
Low °C	13	11	15	14	16	14	11	10	19	11	12	17	12	17	18	15	15	16	14	13	17	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	16	18	15	13	12	21	10	13	20	14	19	18	14	13	17	16	13	18	14
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WNW	5.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	7	10	10	13	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	22	9	9	20	20	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	8	13	13	12	13	13	10	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	2.5 S	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	8	5	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	State Line Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	9	9	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	10	8	9	20	13	10	20	14	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	14
Energy(?)	1045	1700	1642	1030	1612	1639	642	1098	1536	1070	3234	7653	9253	8440	7622	8820	8460	7372	6579	6095	5168	5299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:03PM 1.46				7:33AM 1.35				6:32PM 1.25					8:47AM 1.66				8:33PM 1.45				9:40AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			12:20AM 0.13				12:43PM 0.67	2:27PM 0.86				2:31AM 0.24				3:32PM 0.60				3:12AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	12	16	19	17	13	17	16	15	14	16	18	14	18	14	15	11	10	18	13
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	12	16	19	17	13	17	16	15	13	16	18	13	18	13	15	9	8	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	9	11	13	10	9	14	13	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	11	22	22	22	10	20	9	20	20	20	19	13	19	16	18	18	18	18	18	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	8	-	8	9	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	State Line Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	9	9	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	0.5 SSW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	8	12	22	10	10	8	10	16	10	10	15	16	14	16	14	14	8	14
Energy(?)	1149	840	871	944	891	2282	531	680	1642	1544	786	807	723	941	608	838	917	791	906	1045	1402	1102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																9:00AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:13PM 1.13	2:27PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	13	16	13	18	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	15	16	20	15
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	13	15	11	18	11	13	13	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	14	16	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	8	22	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	15	9	14	16	14	14	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	12	18	22	10	22	22	10	16	10	10	9	16	9	10	9	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	-	12	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	-

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