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 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte
Rating	4	5	9	9	8	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	9	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	15	16	15	14	16
Energy(?)	977	873	3199	11225	9388	7234	6072	5001	5075	4171	2964	1461	1574	1586	592	554	6637	6808	11400	10109	7105	3967
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 1.66		9:08AM 1.91	7:48PM 1.26		10:03AM 2.09		10:28PM 1.78	10:34AM 2.26		11:10PM 2.43	10:49AM 3.03		12:02AM 1.92	11:28AM 3.15		12:56AM 1.93	10:37AM 2.42		2:16AM 1.78	1:05PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	1:09PM 0.76		1:55AM 0.18		2:06PM 0.47	1:49AM 0.22		4:11PM 0.81	4:14AM 0.37		5:11PM -0.02	4:40AM 1.05		5:40PM 0.14		5:25AM 1.16	5:10PM -0.02			6:41PM -0.46		7:05AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	12	19	16	19	18	15	17	15	17	15	18	16	17
Low °C	11	14	14	15	14	10	12	11	10	10	18	16	17	18	14	15	15	16	13	17	15	17
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	14	13	13	11	10	10	12	19	16	19	18	15	17	14	16	14	17	15	17
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	15	16	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	20	20	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 31						Saturday 01								Sunday 02
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	4	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	13	10	20	14	19	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1595	1507	1100	1098	1416	1035	3199	12713	9286	11762	3352	8946	8082	7261	7234	6404	5018	5299	3020	5144	5025	4811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:33AM 1.35				6:32PM 1.25					9:32AM 1.92				9:06PM 2.26				9:40AM 2.09				10:28PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				2:27PM 0.86				2:30AM 0.83				3:20PM 1.15				3:12AM 0.87				3:30PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	16	14	16	16	15	14	16	18	19	14	13	12	11	10	18	12	26	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	14	16	16	15	13	16	18	19	14	12	10	9	8	18	10	26	11	10	11
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	10	9	15	13	10	9	14	19	18	17	13	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.7 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	22	10	21	9	20	20	20	20	13	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	16	16	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	10	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 31																		Saturday 01
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	4	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	15	10	10	14	14	14	14	20	13	13	13	13	13	20	14	20	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1434	1024	1311	947	803	741	867	971	906	982	687	1261	1406	1521	1444	1841	1381	2697	1249	1553	3199	3335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				8:37AM 1.75											7:56PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)										2:34PM 0.88												2:46AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	11	11	14	16	13	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	18	14	21	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	11	11	11	14	16	13	17	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	18	14	21	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	8	15	10	10	14	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	9	14	9	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 W	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	9	22	22	9	9	9	9	20	17	17	16	16	16	15	20	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	1.5 NW	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	8	-	-

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