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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	2.2 NW	0.6 SSW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 NNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	9	8	14	14	9	18	8	8	16	16	15	14	21	21	20	19	9	18	18	17	16	10
Energy	2203	1801	558	808	1624	731	1145	1220	646	731	711	649	905	1370	1020	1343	3074	703	1366	1062	1136	1270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:32PM 1.90	8:32AM 1.17		9:13PM 2.10	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		9:48PM 2.08	11:12AM 1.27		11:34PM 2.16	1:54PM 1.85		1:18AM 2.52	1:08PM 1.15	2:56PM 1.40	12:36AM 2.26		3:44PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40AM -0.21	1:16PM 0.55	2:32PM 1.21	4:38AM -0.48		4:37PM 0.96		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78			4:32PM 1.21		6:57AM -0.19	6:20PM 1.31		6:25AM -0.46	7:21PM 0.77		8:37AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	22	17	17	17	15	14	16	12	16	22	21	12	16	17	12	18	19	14	13	12
Low °C	15	16	20	16	14	15	15	13	13	12	15	20	21	11	14	16	10	18	18	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	17	22	17	17	17	15	14	16	11	16	22	21	11	16	17	11	18	19	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	16	8	14	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	15	14	14	8	9	19	19	18	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	15	10	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	12	23	21	21	13	9	13	13	18	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 NW	3.0 NNW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW
Period(s)	10	9	10	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	18	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy	1132	2203	1191	1651	1801	1054	1097	558	653	808	1043	2085	1624	1423	1345	731	616	1145	1351	1426	1220	1072
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:35PM 2.23	8:25PM 1.90				8:32AM 1.17	11:26AM 1.21			9:58PM 2.47					11:37AM 2.11			10:45PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)						2:02AM 0.24				2:32PM 1.21				4:30AM -0.41				4:37PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	18	12	16	16	16	22	13	16	16	11	14	11	15	17	19	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	14	18	11	16	16	16	22	12	16	16	11	14	10	15	17	19	15	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.2 S	1.9 NW	1.0 S	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	16	10	15	8	10	10	14	10	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	-	1.1 S	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	-	15	13	15	14	14	10	14	14	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	3.0 NNW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	10	16	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1445	1105	1132	1114	1070	2203	2047	2134	2126	1131	1748	1651	1590	1482	1801	1756	1936	1054	1054	1097	1097	1095
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						8:22AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)					3:25PM 0.61												3:41AM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	17	13	12	12	12	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	22	21	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	17	13	11	11	11	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.8 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	10	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

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