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

	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	2.2 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 SW	1.1 NW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	1.0 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	7	9	7	11	11	10	12	12	8	12	10	9	9	9	10	8	11	8	16
Energy(?)	1049	1308	485	62	155	551	4578	2609	943	1479	1224	1059	657	771	543	481	283	299	141	282	250	2855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:00PM 1.33		11:47PM 1.92	12:55PM 1.57	2:14PM 2.17	1:33AM 2.37		2:12PM 1.41	1:12AM 1.98		2:36PM 1.11	1:18AM 1.93		5:32PM 0.88	3:33AM 2.00	4:04AM 2.06		7:24PM 1.44	5:36AM 1.94		8:58PM 1.99	7:49AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		5:45PM 0.18		6:59AM 0.68		7:09PM 0.94	7:26AM 0.65			10:33AM 0.08	5:56PM 1.03		10:03AM 0.10		8:10PM 1.24	12:06PM 0.34		10:47PM 1.32		1:02PM -0.12	1:25AM 1.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	1	10	43	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	12	17	12	12	14	11	14	15	12	14	18	17	14	15	18	17	15	14	14	16
Low °C	8	11	11	14	12	10	13	10	14	15	12	12	17	17	14	15	17	16	15	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	17	10	9	11	9	14	14	11	12	18	17	13	15	18	17	15	14	14	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	9	9	15	11	10	9	9	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	2.1 SSW	0.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	13	11	10	15	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	16	8	8	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	2.2 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	7	11	-	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	4	9	6	-	-	6	7

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Marina CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	2.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	8	11	10	7	7	9	6	7	7	8	9	11	10
Energy(?)	4846	4407	4422	1534	565	613	1057	513	677	720	543	231	62	66	227	207	355	221	712	874	2883	3693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:05AM 1.50								11:47PM 1.92	2:04AM 2.16			11:34AM 1.29					1:09AM 2.03				3:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			5:18AM 0.72				5:20PM 0.62				5:33AM 0.64				5:48PM 0.79					8:15AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4
Temp. °C	8	9	9	11	9	10	11	9	9	8	12	15	17	16	12	10	9	11	11	12	10	13
Chill °C (?)	6	7	6	10	7	10	9	9	8	5	11	15	17	16	12	9	7	8	9	11	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	9	11	10	7	13	9	9	9	7	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	15	13	12	12	9	12	12	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.3 SE	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	6	7	4	8	9	-	10

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Marina CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	5313	5062	2186	3216	1302	4664	2730	5097	2522	1214	2186	1113	231	410	1618	488	464	754	391	383	379	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:41PM 1.43											10:45AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)										7:42AM 0.34												7:44PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	10	4	9	9	10	9	5	13	14	14	14	13	11	11	10	10	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	7	1	6	6	8	7	2	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	8	10	10	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	2.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	14	15	10	11	15	11	11	10	14	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	11	15	15	11	15	14	15	11	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

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