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

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Islas de Todos Santos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Burnout CAL - LA County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	15	14	14	16	14	13	15	15	15	13	13	9
Energy(?)	668	545	595	486	560	309	539	486	382	459	550	257	265	525	168	281	340	175	177	240	126	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:01AM 1.19	4:56PM 1.37		9:12AM 1.10	6:38PM 1.90		9:41AM 1.50			8:37AM 1.55		9:00PM 1.78	9:35AM 1.60		9:06PM 2.12	10:29AM 1.39		9:46PM 1.77	9:33AM 1.54		9:24PM 2.18	10:00AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 1.16		12:59AM 0.21	12:41PM 1.01		3:05AM 0.12	1:31PM 1.31	2:20PM 0.96	2:03AM -0.02	1:18PM 1.07	2:48PM 0.89	4:13AM -0.05		2:03PM 0.54	4:08AM 0.24		3:42PM 0.56	4:33AM -0.06		6:14PM 0.40	3:51AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	26	19	27	23	16	25	27	24	24	22	22	15	21	20	16	23	17	18	22	21	18
Low °C	15	26	17	25	22	13	24	26	22	23	21	21	13	21	19	14	23	16	16	22	18	15
Chill °C (?)	18	26	19	27	23	16	25	27	24	24	22	22	15	21	20	16	23	17	18	22	21	18
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	15	6	14	13	14	13	15	8	12	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	-	9	18	9	8	9	6	6	7	18	14	6	16	6	8	7	12	7	12	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.4 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	10	11	7	4	7	5	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-

	Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Islas de Todos Santos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	721	680	578	653	645	660	513	1061	505	527	523	519	230	514	553	577	609	617	515	304	502	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:12AM 1.05			5:40PM 1.84					9:27AM 1.26			6:40PM 1.91					10:31AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29AM 0.29								12:59AM 0.21				12:07PM 1.33					2:26AM 0.06			12:40PM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	23	26	24	18	21	17	23	26	16	20	29	27	19	18	18	18	24	15	25	24
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	26	24	18	21	17	23	26	16	20	29	27	19	18	18	18	24	15	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	15	15	8	8	15	14	7	15	6	15	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	12	7	7	9	15	16	4	4	15	15	9	4	15	6	15	6	6	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	6	6	-	5	6	6

	Monday 01
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Islas de Todos Santos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15
Energy(?)	622	700	700	689	645	623	639	597	578	588	571	512	253	711	598	527	519	513	545	435	449	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				6:40PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		12:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	22	24	14	21	15	23	26	24	23	29	26	23	25	25	24	25	18	24	22
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	22	24	13	21	15	23	26	24	23	29	26	23	25	25	24	25	18	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	7	15	15	15	15	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	12	12	7	7	5	12	6	12	7	10	10	15	19	16	7	7	7	-	9	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.5 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	7	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	11	5	4	4

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