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

7 day 48 hour

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	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	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	17	10	10	15	10	10	15	10
Energy(?)	1499	898	780	496	571	809	251	2245	2777	651	900	1755	316	351	492	738	636	339	499	520	304	415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:53PM 1.90		2:09PM 1.36	12:35AM 1.85		2:38PM 1.42	1:10AM 2.16		3:35PM 2.33	2:44AM 2.37		4:33PM 1.97	2:18AM 1.65		4:49PM 2.02	4:54AM 1.53		5:51PM 2.17		6:37AM 1.39	6:38PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10AM -0.28	6:37PM 0.85		8:15AM 0.22	7:29PM 0.81		8:50AM 0.33		9:07PM 1.29	9:26AM 0.49		8:53PM 1.05	9:29AM 0.62		11:15PM 0.48	10:45AM 0.92		12:41AM 0.34	11:56AM 0.60		1:13AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	19	14	18	14	13	15	15	15	14	16	16	16	17	14	16	18	15	16	19	13
Low °C	12	17	18	11	16	14	12	15	14	12	13	15	11	13	16	11	14	18	12	14	19	11
Chill °C (?)	13	20	19	14	18	13	13	15	14	15	14	15	14	15	17	14	15	18	14	16	19	13
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SSW	4.0 NNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	8	9	10	16	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	11	16	10	10	10	13	16	15	15	15	20	10	17	18	16	15	16	15	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Fri		Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1535	1569	1224	1171	1088	1224	597	780	921	1137	904	601	321	400	919	1599	1112	1392	1688	1823	2089	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:53PM 1.90					2:29PM 2.19			1:08AM 2.65					3:02PM 1.77				2:08AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	5:50PM 0.88				7:40AM 0.17				7:21PM 1.45				7:07AM 0.19					8:29PM 0.93				8:31AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	17	15	16	18	15	15	14	12	17	16	20	19	16	13	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	17	14	16	18	15	14	14	12	17	16	20	19	16	13	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	17	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	16	15	9	9	10	15	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	17	17	17	17	15	16	11	11	16	16	10	15	15	18	18	15	15	15	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	10	10	-

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