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

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 NW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	8	20	19	18	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	835	793	1216	657	1004	959	651	711	777	1037	1009	929	742	778	467	754	642	727	457	687	661	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:08PM 1.20	8:11AM 1.47		10:20PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.58		11:13PM 1.44	10:42AM 1.66		10:05PM 1.83	9:21AM 1.94		11:04PM 1.96	9:49AM 1.51		10:06PM 1.63	12:19PM 1.33		12:03AM 2.13	1:08PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.00	2:44AM 0.79		4:38PM 0.03	3:19AM 0.63		3:44PM -0.13	4:32AM 0.49		5:37PM -0.02	3:52AM 0.69		3:30PM 0.35			3:49PM 0.44	4:33AM -0.08	5:48AM 0.00	4:32PM 0.61		6:51AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	19	17	17	25	23	15	17	18	15	18	18	17	19	19	15	26	18	15	22
Low °C	12	15	14	16	17	17	22	22	14	14	17	14	16	18	15	16	16	15	20	15	13	21
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	19	17	17	25	23	14	17	18	15	18	18	17	19	19	15	26	18	14	22
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	15	20	9	9	8	8	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	15	21	14	20	19	18	18	12	18	16	11	16	15	15	15	12	12	11	16	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	8	10	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	5	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	10	8	22	8	8	8	8	8	9	19	8	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	798	782	675	835	848	593	506	1529	1014	1084	1170	1000	1028	683	1140	759	1007	663	636	1025	634	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:15AM 1.44					9:30PM 1.09								8:31PM 1.20				8:03AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		2:04AM 0.92				2:40PM 0.00				3:05AM 0.78				2:15PM 0.30			1:51AM 0.89					3:50PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	16	11	18	17	17	11	11	13	22	16	18	19	19	16	19	18	17	26	25
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	16	10	18	17	17	11	11	13	22	16	18	19	19	16	19	18	17	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	15	14	14	8	9	8	8	20	9	9	8	19	18	18	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	13	21	9	14	14	10	20	13	20	19	20	13	9	13	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	-	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Saturday 14
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 SW	1.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	8	8	10	8	14	8	10	10	6	8	9	22	8	22	22	22	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	427	413	798	794	860	782	275	907	446	673	472	1101	960	499	773	505	560	504	593	1011	1094	1076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										8:16AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				2:04AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	11	13	19	15	10	12	13	20	15	20	19	20	18	19	18	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	9	13	19	15	9	11	12	20	14	20	18	20	18	19	18	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	1.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	8	8	8	10	8	14	8	10	10	10	14	9	14	10	14	9	14	14	9	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	13	15	15	15	16	15	7	15	15	15	14	22	14	8	14	22	14	22	21	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.9 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	2.2 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	-	8	-	8	-	5	6	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	8	8

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