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

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 W	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	2.1 NW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	12	11	11	11	9	18	18	12	16	16	11	15	10	14	14	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	150	3357	1996	1185	599	852	583	406	588	530	465	588	313	539	167	391	464	332	371	241	817	381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:02PM 2.49		12:45AM 2.13	12:43PM 1.16		1:00AM 1.22	1:59PM 1.23		12:11AM 2.00			1:45AM 1.61		3:28PM 1.41	1:20AM 1.45			2:01AM 1.81		6:38PM 1.39	1:15AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 1.01		5:59AM -0.03	7:16PM 1.17		7:28AM -0.05	6:04PM 1.10		7:28AM 0.43	4:48PM 1.03		8:18AM 0.48	6:57PM 1.30		8:04AM 0.60			10:24AM 0.57			10:41AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	11	13	14	22	19	15	20	20	19	22	16	16	17	12	15	21	17	14	15	12	14
Low °C	11	10	11	8	20	15	12	20	19	14	21	13	14	17	11	11	20	16	13	13	10	12
Chill °C (?)	14	8	12	14	22	19	15	20	20	19	22	16	16	16	11	15	21	17	14	15	12	13
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 S	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 W	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	2.1 NW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	12	12	11	13	11	9	18	9	12	16	11	11	11	10	14	14	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	15	15	12	13	20	19	16	18	7	9	16	15	15	15	10	18	13	18	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02						Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.9 S	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	18	10	10	8	16	16
Energy(?)	4484	4053	2585	1105	2446	4096	2578	1829	1638	1459	1229	1182	1071	1040	515	1177	719	705	750	539	562	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:54PM 1.83				12:13AM 1.71								11:55PM 1.49				1:15PM 1.56	2:46PM 1.69		10:43PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	6:48AM 0.56				6:45PM 1.01				6:03AM 0.42				5:37PM 0.97				5:08AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	10	18	9	11	7	13	14	18	16	13	16	15	15	16	17	22	22	13	18	17
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	18	7	9	5	12	13	18	16	13	16	15	15	16	17	22	22	13	18	17
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	14	14	14	10	12	13	20	19	18	18	19	18	19	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02																		Friday 03
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	0.4 SSE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	6	12	11	11	11	6	14	12	12	12	6	6
Energy(?)	4263	4409	2828	125	4258	2124	2837	954	953	1228	197	3128	1682	1857	976	354	192	4273	4308	2220	146	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	9:54PM 2.09		11:17PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		6:48AM 0.56									3:55PM 0.68		5:09PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	11	9	12	11	16	16	16	15	12	15	13	13	14	16	11	12	7	16	16
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	9	9	10	8	14	14	14	13	9	13	11	11	11	15	8	10	5	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	12	14	14	11	12	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	15	15	12	12	15	10	14	15	15	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	1.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	11	-	12	12	12	6	12	11	11	11	6	6	12	12	-	-	-

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