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

	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	11	15	11	14	14	6	13	13	7	16	16	16	18	17	16	16	16	11	9	15
Energy(?)	523	590	602	563	786	591	301	545	217	135	276	295	330	399	537	513	806	736	450	1212	1345	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.95		1:49AM 1.73			11:34PM 1.87			2:01AM 1.81		6:29PM 1.86	3:48AM 1.54			8:04PM 4:20AM 0.98 1.22			8:24PM 1.00	6:39AM 2.22	7:23PM 1.59	8:29PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 0.71		9:19AM 0.54	4:43PM 1.14		7:36AM 0.63			10:46AM 0.14		9:46PM 1.04	11:57AM 0.12		10:31PM 0.97	12:53PM 0.12		12:42AM 0.82			1:34AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	6	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	15	14	18	14	17	20	11	19	22	17	17	19	15	15	14	12	18	14	10	15
Low °C	15	20	13	13	17	12	15	20	9	17	21	14	16	19	14	12	13	10	17	12	10	15
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	14	17	14	17	20	9	19	22	17	17	19	15	15	14	11	18	13	8	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 NNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	15	11	11	14	6	7	14	7	13	13	16	9	16	18	17	9	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	10	16	15	20	14	14	18	13	5	16	10	16	12	8	9	16	12	8	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.5 S	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	6	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	9	4	11	9	5

	Sunday 05						Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	13
Energy(?)	528	551	713	550	583	593	574	567	813	563	328	513	506	557	597	512	510	326	201	293	570	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow
High Tide / height (m)				3:11PM 2.08			11:06PM 1.96					3:48PM 1.26			1:00AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	5:47AM 0.01									9:01AM 0.02								8:53AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	16	17	19	18	18	18	16	14	16	13	13	16	13	12	12	20	13	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	20	22	16	17	19	18	18	18	16	14	16	13	13	16	12	11	12	20	12	18	18	17
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 S	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	12	12	15	15	15	15	12	11	11	15	15	14	6	6	14	14	6	7	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	10	17	7	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	11	10	19	14	14	10	11	9	13	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	7	-

	Sunday 05																		Monday 06
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	18	9	16	16	15	15	16	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	12	15	11	15	15	15
Energy(?)	528	669	509	339	673	666	650	635	625	704	557	791	768	594	729	479	741	454	455	480	475	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								12:06PM 1.39		2:56PM 1.35	3:11PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	5:47AM 0.01			8:36AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	15	16	20	21	20	20	21	16	17	17	16	19	16	16	15	15	14	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	16	20	21	20	20	21	16	17	17	16	19	15	16	15	15	14	18	15	18
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	16	10	9	16	16	15	15	16	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	12	15	11	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.7 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 NNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	18	7	10	10	10	10	10	17	7	16	16	10	10	10	16	10	6	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	-	-	4	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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