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

	Fri	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	14	13	13	12	22	19	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	13	14	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1053	780	745	1414	1296	1354	1456	1263	2281	2763	2679	2756	2093	1831	1451	1336	731	654	289	404	351	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:28AM 1.86	5:11PM 1.47		5:56AM 2.00	6:44PM 1.07	7:51PM 1.57	7:17AM 1.94		8:10PM 1.15	7:16AM 1.87		9:21PM 1.24	7:56AM 1.98		9:55PM 1.57	9:43AM 1.52		10:54PM 1.61	9:19AM 2.51		11:51PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	11:05PM 0.27	11:54AM 0.97		11:06PM 0.74	12:47PM 0.69		1:22AM 0.61		1:36PM 0.40	12:47AM 0.65		2:14PM -0.24	1:36AM 0.78		3:46PM -0.38	2:12AM 1.12	4:16AM 0.50	2:39PM -0.15	3:04AM 1.19		5:29PM -0.22	3:57AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
High °C	13	12	17	13	20	16	14	17	12	15	17	12	12	16	16	16	17	18	13	12	13	13
Low °C	12	11	14	11	18	13	13	16	11	15	15	12	10	14	16	16	16	18	12	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	17	13	20	15	13	17	12	15	17	11	12	16	16	16	17	18	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	16	14	13	13	12	11	19	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	13	14	12	7	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	15	15	14	13	13	22	10	11	10	12	8	15	4	6	9	14	14	11	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 01
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	14	12	12	22	22
Energy(?)	1449	1442	1210	1185	1003	1016	1032	1587	1350	1185	1414	1484	1385	1346	1263	1275	2120	1004	1456	1126	1246	1263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.32				5:28AM 1.86				5:11PM 1.47				6:03AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			10:23PM 0.63				12:58PM 0.69				11:04PM 0.36								11:51PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	15	15	15	14	12	11	14	13	12	12	11	13	15	18	12	16	13	13	11	16
Chill °C (?)	8	14	14	15	15	13	12	10	13	13	12	12	11	13	15	18	10	16	12	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	14	17	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	14	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 WNW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	12	-	7	-	-	-

	Friday 28	Saturday 29
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	1562	1420	1465	1456	1449	1103	1180	1154	1210	501	522	522	522	487	796	685	388	513	804	966	788	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.32													5:31AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)								11:05PM 0.27												11:54AM 0.97	12:26PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	14	15	12	10	10	15	11	11	11	11	11	9	16	10	17	17	17	13	16
Chill °C (?)	8	13	13	13	14	11	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	9	17	17	17	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	14	15	10	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	9	11	14	15	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

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