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

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	13	9
Energy(?)	615	776	720	1144	1389	1300	1005	775	593	589	553	705	735	925	842	1172	735	2008	605	1256	2291	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:06PM 1.25	9:42AM 2.00		9:14PM 1.43	9:09AM 1.59		12:29AM 2.10	12:49PM 2.64		1:01AM 2.84	1:32PM 1.96		1:29AM 2.30		2:24PM 1.85	2:09AM 2.95		3:27PM 2.31	2:45AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		2:37PM 0.26	3:34AM 0.41		4:13PM -0.05	3:11AM 0.12		3:34PM -0.12		6:43AM 0.68	6:50PM 0.74		7:24AM -0.01	7:23PM 0.34		8:10AM -0.13	7:59PM 0.52	8:01PM 1.08	9:01AM 0.31		8:39PM 0.71	9:54AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	23	14	17	18	15	17	19	16	19	17	16	17	24	22	20	23	16	23	13	9	13
Low °C	21	22	13	13	18	14	14	17	15	16	17	15	15	23	16	16	20	12	18	13	7	9
Chill °C (?)	26	23	13	17	18	15	17	19	16	19	17	16	17	24	22	20	23	16	23	11	5	13
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	1.0 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	12	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12	12	11	16	15	9	14	14	14	21	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	11	7	9	9	9	-	10	-	-

	Monday 16						Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	733	922	626	683	618	659	650	632	1070	1144	1225	1343	1555	1568	1292	1179	1159	1005	861	749	690	604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:55AM 1.58					8:51PM 1.31					11:14AM 2.64				12:02AM 1.96				12:01PM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)				3:50PM 0.37				2:34AM 0.26	5:19AM 0.58				5:44PM -0.01				6:00AM 0.36				6:16PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	25	26	25	22	21	22	22	13	17	18	17	16	14	14	14	14	17	17	19	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	25	26	25	22	21	22	22	13	17	18	17	16	14	14	14	14	17	17	19	16	15
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	8	7	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	18	17	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16																		Tuesday 17
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	767	799	697	780	562	736	742	779	490	408	431	431	487	435	425	425	492	584	582	650	769	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:57AM 1.99	9:02AM 1.48														11:41PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)													5:12PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	23	22	22	23	23	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	23	22	22	23	23	18	18	18	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:56	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	8	18	18	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	3	3	3	-	-

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