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 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	State Line Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	15	9	10	9	9	14	8	7	14	13	8	12	6	17	17	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	607	747	447	600	700	480	672	249	609	633	131	218	307	67	261	179	205	442	347	357	494	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 1.45		3:02PM 1.50	3:36AM 0.93		6:19PM 2.78		7:56AM 1.92	6:03PM 2.17		7:08AM 0.94	6:57PM 2.25	8:09PM 2.30	10:38AM 2.08		9:08PM 2.36	11:29AM 1.62		10:01PM 2.87	12:45PM 1.66		11:01PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)	8:29PM 0.93	8:08AM 0.34		10:05PM 0.45	8:56AM 0.51		1:35AM 0.68	12:37PM 1.40		1:47AM 0.33	11:17AM 0.73		3:45AM -0.23		2:58PM 1.61	4:41AM -0.37		4:11PM 1.05		5:48AM -0.48	5:06PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	22	15	15	17	15	20	13	16	15	19	15	19	19	18	19	20	18	20	22	19
Low °C	11	13	21	13	14	16	13	18	13	13	13	18	12	14	19	17	17	20	18	18	22	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	22	14	15	17	15	20	11	16	14	19	13	19	19	18	19	20	18	20	22	19
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:16	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NNW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	9	15	9	10	9	9	14	8	7	14	13	13	7	13	12	6	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	16	12	16	15	15	15	10	13	14	18	9	19	12	18	5	12	12	6	15	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	6	5	8	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	5	-

	Wed		Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19
	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	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	570	506	508	508	504	747	701	662	528	529	503	510	649	578	643	802	720	688	504	788	1011	583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:54AM 1.11										6:18AM 1.39				6:18PM 2.19				7:53AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28PM 0.57				10:51AM 0.96									11:39AM 1.20				1:32AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	18	19	15	16	16	17	15	18	15	14	17	17	15	15	11	12	11	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	18	19	15	16	16	16	14	18	14	14	16	16	14	15	11	12	11	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	10	10	15	10	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	9	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	18	15	15	15	15	15	18	14	14	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	8

	Wednesday 16						Thursday 17
	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	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	9	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	515	487	457	455	508	491	554	609	531	523	508	462	750	686	681	740	748	786	529	727	818	792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				8:28PM 0.57			11:16PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	17	13	12	12	14	14	18	14	11	12	13	13	13	14	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	17	13	12	12	14	14	18	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	16	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	9	9	9	16	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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