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

	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 S	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	9	19	19	12	16	16	15	12	10	9	9	9	9	14	10	9	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1029	501	601	531	524	217	635	497	537	706	725	1240	1492	835	664	192	413	391	509	686	800	694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:11PM 2.01		8:00AM 1.25	6:35PM 2.60		8:53AM 1.35	6:45PM 2.02		9:00AM 1.64	7:47PM 2.04		8:12AM 1.40	7:36PM 1.76	8:40PM 2.04	8:37AM 1.48		9:28PM 2.00	11:43AM 2.41		10:12PM 1.94	9:28AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		11:23PM 0.42	11:53AM 0.99		1:46AM -0.05	1:21PM 0.99		1:27AM 0.22	1:51PM 1.14		1:55AM -0.09	1:43PM 0.52		3:33AM 0.32		3:32PM 0.90	4:05AM 0.40	5:20AM 0.51	2:57PM 0.30	4:35AM 0.51		3:28PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	10	-	-
High °C	20	18	22	24	21	21	26	23	27	16	15	16	17	17	19	17	18	18	17	17	17	19
Low °C	19	17	20	24	20	18	23	21	24	16	14	15	14	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	18	22	24	21	21	26	23	27	15	15	16	17	17	19	17	18	18	17	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	7:24	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 S	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	9	19	8	7	16	9	15	10	7	9	15	9	9	10	10	9	9	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	7	13	13	10	8	8	16	12	12	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.1 NNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	7	10	8	8	11	20	10	8	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	11	16	17	16	16
Energy(?)	663	217	849	1253	1206	1111	591	725	566	724	502	554	615	563	594	659	618	511	507	516	758	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 1.93					7:38AM 1.49								7:19AM 1.19	8:28AM 1.58			5:54PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)					12:36AM -0.02			10:27AM 1.26	11:18AM 1.32				12:30AM 0.01				12:49PM 1.27				1:14AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	21	15	15	15	15	20	17	21	21	22	23	23	21	24	25	24	20	23	22	24	24
Chill °C (?)	29	21	14	14	15	14	20	17	21	21	22	23	23	21	24	25	24	20	23	22	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	11	10	8	8	11	7	10	8	19	18	18	8	18	9	9	11	16	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	6	14	8	10	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	18	18	18	12	17	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	7	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3

	Sunday 14												Monday 15
	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	11	14	14	14	11	14	11	11	8	21	11	20	20
Energy(?)	439	209	758	1789	1029	547	473	663	458	489	263	259	262	545	325	583	577	525	401	631	583	583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						4:42PM 1.85															7:01AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)													11:23PM 0.11	12:13AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	20	18	19	19	18	23	18	22	18	19	19	20	19	20	18	19	14	20	19	20	22
Chill °C (?)	28	20	18	18	19	17	23	18	22	18	19	19	20	19	20	18	19	14	20	19	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	11	11	14	11	11	12	11	11	14	14	14	11	14	11	11	8	14	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	17	14	14	7	14	14	6	6	6	13	21	13	13	10	21	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 W	-	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.4 WNW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	11	11	4	4	-	6	4	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	5	-	-

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