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

	Mon		Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	18	18	10	10	16	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	12	13	9
Energy(?)	534	614	311	465	1133	952	390	1972	940	1760	1193	1083	1132	626	561	615	361	234	275	160	125	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:43PM 1.42	2:09AM 2.08		5:43PM 1.09	3:20AM 1.65		7:00PM 1.49	4:43AM 1.98		6:51PM 0.29	8:44PM 2.15	6:01AM 1.49		9:37PM 2.25	8:33AM 2.51			9:47AM 2.07		9:28PM 1.35	9:23AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	7:40PM 1.20		10:01AM -0.09		8:48PM 1.00	12:09PM 0.44		10:31PM 1.36	12:00PM 0.32		1:25AM 1.70	1:34PM -0.20	2:37PM 0.52	2:48AM 1.54		3:35PM 0.53	1:26AM 0.91		4:22PM 0.56	3:08AM 0.34		3:57PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	25	20	26	10	11	11	21	17	15	20	14	15	15	19	15	19	16	15	14	13	15	14
Low °C	24	19	19	10	10	10	21	15	9	19	8	8	14	16	12	18	13	13	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	25	20	26	7	9	10	21	16	15	20	12	15	15	19	15	19	16	15	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.5 SW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	19	10	6	6	10	10	16	9	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	19	12	11	11	9	12	16	16	12	15	14	16	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	10	6	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

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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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	10	18	10	10	11	10	16	10	10	8	9	10
Energy(?)	1088	1346	1521	1007	812	693	661	646	751	678	1404	721	1133	1108	1089	1176	263	1190	2295	1676	1098	3712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:39PM 1.41				3:31AM 2.68				4:14PM 0.18	5:53PM 2.09			4:34AM 2.72					7:20PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			7:17PM 0.73					10:07AM 0.34				8:18PM 0.85								10:21PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	25	23	18	17	13	21	25	16	21	11	20	10	10	10	11	22	8	8	16	10	9
Chill °C (?)	29	25	23	18	17	12	21	25	16	21	10	20	9	9	9	11	22	6	4	15	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	18	10	6	10	10	9	10	16	10	10	8	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	14	11	18	11	12	11	8	11	8	9	16	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	-	3	-	-	11	-	7	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	8	9	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	19	10	10	11	11	11	9	11	11	19	11	11	11	11	18	11	11	18	10	11
Energy(?)	452	446	399	533	528	793	2056	1015	640	1311	848	666	842	875	818	818	288	819	690	308	338	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					3:50PM 1.08	4:29PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)											9:29PM 1.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	25	26	25	25	13	22	21	15	23	10	22	13	14	13	13	16	11	12	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	28	25	26	25	25	13	22	21	15	23	9	22	12	14	12	12	16	9	10	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 W	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	8	19	19	11	11	19	9	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	6	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	19	19	13	13	20	19	13	19	19	19	11	19	14	14	14	18	19	19	10	18	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	-	11	11	-	11	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

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