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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	17	14	13	16	15	16	15	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	16	8	7	9	15
Energy(?)	277	266	354	584	463	595	527	589	548	561	1000	896	1015	698	449	753	841	289	423	417	541	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:15AM 1.69			3:20AM 1.14			8:34PM 1.41	6:03AM 1.83			6:47AM 1.26			6:45AM 1.35					8:06PM 2.00	8:15AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			11:08AM 0.16			11:42AM 0.15		1:17AM 1.10	1:40PM 0.59	2:07PM 0.74		1:49PM 0.02		1:00AM 0.49	1:25PM -0.01					2:16AM 0.56		2:21PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	12	3	13	12	7	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	13	15	20	13	13	19	12	12	9	8	10	11	11	10	11	13	16	16	13	10	14
Low °C	19	12	13	19	11	12	19	10	11	7	6	9	11	10	9	11	9	15	16	12	8	12
Chill °C (?)	20	13	15	20	13	13	19	10	9	6	6	8	9	10	9	10	12	15	15	12	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	9	17	8	8	16	8	16	15	16	9	10	10	9	15	9	7	16	7	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	10	8	10	14	13	8	12	12	11	11	15	14	15	14	15	14	16	13	13	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.8 S	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	4	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	8	-	4	4

	Wednesday 08				Thursday 09								Friday 10								Sat
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	County Line CAL - Ventura	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	6	7	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	18	18	18	18	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	209	240	302	668	343	421	503	542	502	317	573	634	757	604	549	595	524	520	549	581	576	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:54AM 1.19						7:48PM 1.98	8:04PM 0.98		3:20AM 1.14					7:25PM 1.51			4:57AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)									11:51AM 0.62			10:31PM 0.97					12:50PM 0.61				11:31PM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	21	18	17	17	13	14	14	14	12	14	17	17	17	13	14	12	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	21	18	17	17	13	14	13	14	12	14	17	17	17	13	13	11	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	13	6	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	8	16	8	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	14	8	9	5	5	13	13	13	8	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 08												Thursday 09
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	County Line CAL - Ventura	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	13	13	16	8	8	13	12	10	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	196	216	88	131	262	277	162	172	198	133	151	399	421	343	343	168	410	325	238	344	356	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)								6:14PM 1.34						12:54AM 1.19			3:37AM 1.91	4:14AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	23	18	20	20	13	12	14	13	12	16	17	17	17	13	13	12	16	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	23	18	20	20	12	12	14	13	12	15	17	17	17	13	13	12	16	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	7	7	6	13	7	7	8	8	13	8	7	16	7	8	8	7	9	10	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	5	13	13	12	10	7	7	10	13	16	16	16	9	16	9	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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