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

	Wed	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	7	8	14	20	7	12	18	11	9	11	11	10	11	8	15	14	11	12
Energy	757	679	1069	287	161	721	218	271	978	990	446	930	1109	887	870	855	617	689	390	429	483	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 2.47		5:51PM 1.51	2:16AM 1.76		6:47PM 2.12	4:41AM 2.23		7:23PM 1.51			7:05PM 1.22		6:09AM 1.57			8:38AM 1.47	7:50PM 1.49		8:17AM 1.12		9:43PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14PM 1.75	10:05AM -0.03		8:39PM 1.47	10:23AM 0.05		11:28PM 1.79	12:11PM 0.78		12:49AM 0.96	12:00PM 0.11		12:50AM 0.68	12:44PM 0.65		1:09AM 0.91			2:26AM 0.23	1:51PM 0.33		4:32AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	20	16	21	20	13	18	21	14	19	20	17	19	13	18	20	16	15	16	18	13
Low °C	11	12	18	10	18	20	12	17	20	11	18	19	16	16	13	15	18	16	12	13	18	11
Chill °C (?)	9	13	20	16	21	20	11	18	21	12	19	20	16	19	12	18	20	16	14	15	18	13
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	14	11	7	17	14	8	16	12	8	11	9	11	11	10	8	8	8	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	18	13	9	13	9	16	15	16	18	18	16	7	16	16	11	11	11	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	5	-	8	-	-	7	7	-	8	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	16	8	10	8	8	8	8	13
Energy	897	867	665	567	501	679	590	577	617	504	868	739	634	273	412	285	587	1709	1202	1096	1096	728
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:25AM 1.84						5:40PM 1.41			2:07AM 1.29					6:36PM 1.44			3:20AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		8:22PM 0.93				10:30AM 0.63				10:11PM 1.09				10:35AM 0.51	11:20AM 0.71			10:02PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	15	14	17	13	13	13	10	10	15	14	16	17	14	23	13	16	15	15	17	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	14	13	17	13	12	12	10	10	14	13	16	17	13	23	12	15	14	14	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	10	11	15	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	6	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	11	13	16	18	13	18	18	19	20	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	7	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	8	8	8	8	5

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	907	807	454	497	368	790	782	773	821	812	535	512	494	436	668	156	758	425	450	468	480	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:53AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	14	14	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	14	12	12	19	12	20	20	20	20	13
Chill °C (?)	12	9	12	12	13	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	19	12	20	20	20	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	7	15	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	6	7	13	7	14	14	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	7	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-

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