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

	Thu		Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	4 Mile CAL - Santa Cruz	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	1.9 WSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	13	13	13	9	9	15	7	7	7	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3008	1029	939	1151	774	1188	657	279	491	398	166	166	115	343	239	138	306	90	579	2666	4573	3691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:14PM 1.24	5:57AM 1.53		8:34PM 1.67	7:57AM 1.61		9:06PM 1.76	8:18AM 1.97		10:30PM 1.51	10:30AM 2.45		11:21PM 1.98	11:24AM 1.92		11:09PM 2.15	11:39AM 1.47		11:58PM 1.82	11:35AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 0.93	1:22PM -0.11		1:30AM 1.17		3:45PM -0.03	2:28AM 1.01		3:04PM 0.36	4:00AM 0.42		4:55PM 0.57		5:28AM 0.29	4:53PM 0.62		5:29AM 0.13	4:41PM 0.70		5:23AM 0.48	5:57PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	1	-	4	17	-	3	3	2	-
High °C	20	20	21	15	15	14	18	14	14	21	17	9	12	11	13	12	13	16	10	9	9	10
Low °C	19	17	20	14	13	12	17	14	12	19	16	9	10	10	13	11	13	15	10	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	14	15	14	18	14	13	21	17	9	12	11	12	11	11	15	6	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	7:23	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 NNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	15	7	7	7	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	14	14	16	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	11	8	12	11	14	16	12	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.4 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	12

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	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1167	2026	1857	1175	1029	1366	1046	939	839	713	1023	1352	1201	1339	1143	722	655	902	686	1093	551	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:25AM 2.02					9:30PM 2.14								9:54PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	12:58PM -0.06				12:14AM 1.30				1:35PM 0.30					2:44AM 0.91				3:01PM -0.13				3:07AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	21	17	19	20	13	10	21	21	19	14	9	10	10	10	15	16	12	16	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	21	17	19	20	13	10	21	21	19	14	9	10	9	10	15	16	12	16	12	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

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	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1383	850	862	1545	3016	1709	1580	2840	2767	2684	1513	1382	1272	1037	1036	1085	1105	1366	929	680	879	905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:55PM 1.58											6:39AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16PM -0.08													1:20AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	19	19	12	11	18	17	17	14	12	11	11	11	15	15	13	19	11	20	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	19	19	10	8	18	16	17	14	12	10	9	9	15	15	13	19	10	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.5 SW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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