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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	7	9	8	10	10	10	16	14	15	8	7	15	13	13	11	11	19	14	7	18	6
Energy(?)	246	374	1976	878	714	1344	665	342	330	114	280	256	986	1935	1377	905	465	576	478	284	802	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:42PM 1.70	11:49AM 1.84		11:40PM 2.23	12:40PM 1.86		10:57PM 1.71	12:19PM 1.65		11:33PM 1.77			12:07AM 2.31	1:11PM 1.31		12:22AM 2.21		3:58PM 1.51	1:56AM 2.13		5:02PM 1.46	2:37AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	4:58AM -0.03	5:39AM -0.05	5:43PM 0.42		6:22AM -0.27	4:36PM 0.47		5:49AM 0.13	4:59PM 0.52		7:21AM -0.43	5:53PM 1.14		6:29AM 0.12	5:06PM 1.06		8:42AM 0.12	7:41PM 1.32		9:24AM 0.23		8:25PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	10	-	1	12	5	-
High °C	14	19	12	15	16	17	14	11	17	12	14	14	13	13	18	14	13	19	14	13	14	12
Low °C	11	13	11	14	13	16	12	8	16	12	12	14	12	12	17	12	12	18	13	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	13	19	9	14	16	16	13	11	17	12	14	14	13	11	17	14	12	19	14	12	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	10	10	15	8	9	7	8	7	7	13	13	11	11	12	8	7	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	10	18	17	13	13	12	16	14	15	14	14	15	13	7	13	12	19	14	10	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	5	7	9	8	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	5	8	-	-	-	6

	Wed		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1535	1230	2692	1357	1543	585	1493	804	2110	1550	1474	1206	1101	1267	1108	715	1218	1013	626	1077	1043	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:20PM 2.26			10:40AM 1.27				10:25PM 1.61	11:05PM 1.82			10:02AM 1.63				10:44PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)					5:39AM -0.05			3:57PM 0.76					5:01AM 0.26			3:57PM 0.81					5:14AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	7	7	6	7	14	19	22	17	12	8	14	14	15	15	17	14	15	14	13	15	18
Chill °C (?)	12	4	4	3	5	14	19	22	16	11	6	13	13	14	14	16	13	15	13	12	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	11	9	9	14	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	18	14	14	14	17	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	-	-	-	9	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	10	-

	Wednesday 15						Thursday 16
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	9	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	7	7	8	9	7	9	7	7	8
Energy(?)	664	1033	944	1066	1156	235	238	214	283	243	970	288	395	596	601	596	746	374	804	748	803	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		10:24AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)												4:16AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	8	8	8	12	11	13	13	13	7	12	11	14	14	15	14	19	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	6	5	5	5	11	10	12	12	13	3	10	8	12	12	14	12	19	15	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 W	2.4 WNW	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	14	15	15	15	7	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	15	11	12	15	15	12	12	18	13	10	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.8 WNW	2.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	9	5	5	6	-	5	8	6	6	7	7	8	9	7	9	7	7	8

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