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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Exiles CAL - LA County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	2	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.7 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	9	12	10	9	10	9	8	16	16	8	16	16	15	17	12	12	8	9	11	11	11	11
Energy	1023	723	1018	1280	870	825	1015	294	292	662	587	571	637	269	511	1278	1643	627	5497	1628	1375	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:04AM 2.67		5:18PM 1.34	4:09AM 2.45		6:06PM 1.47	4:54AM 1.46		5:29PM 1.45		6:10AM 1.75	7:28PM 2.10		6:05AM 1.55		8:19PM 1.71	8:40AM 1.19		9:10PM 1.24	10:27AM 0.85		8:42PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17PM 1.50	8:58AM 0.17		10:32PM 1.49	10:51AM 0.30		11:32PM 0.79	11:30AM -0.03		1:15AM 1.25	12:35PM 0.64		1:24AM 0.86	12:01PM 0.71		3:03AM 0.22	1:54PM 0.44		4:37AM 0.02		2:01PM 0.99	3:40AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	17	17	13	15	13	13	14	19	12	13	14	12	16	15	13	13	16	12	16	16	12
Low °C	10	16	17	12	12	12	10	11	18	11	11	13	11	15	12	9	11	15	11	13	15	10
Chill °C (?)	11	17	17	13	15	13	12	13	19	12	12	14	11	16	15	11	13	16	10	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	16	8	9	15	15	17	12	12	8	16	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	18	18	10	16	11	16	16	16	9	10	15	17	12	9	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.5 W	-	1.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	6	-	-	-	8	4	-	5	8	9	11	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	9	12	9	12	12	12	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	16
Energy	1853	1066	1023	1166	1358	723	1635	1018	1493	1692	1280	1025	1355	870	865	825	1348	1278	1015	1002	580	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									5:46PM 1.77			4:10AM 2.48					6:20PM 2.35			4:54AM 1.46	5:23AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)						8:58AM 0.17				10:41PM 1.03				10:51AM 0.30					11:32PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	10	15	17	17	13	17	11	11	12	13	12	15	14	13	13	10	10	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	15	17	17	13	17	11	11	12	13	11	15	14	13	13	10	8	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	9	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	15	11	19	19	15	19	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	17	10	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	3

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	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	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	9	12	9	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	9	9
Energy	1327	1070	1853	1144	1067	1066	1051	1120	1023	1348	1109	1166	1233	1298	1358	1318	1003	723	722	711	1635	1622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	11	16	16	15	15	10	10	9	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	17	17	17	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	12	10	15	15	14	14	10	10	9	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	17	17	17	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	15	16	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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