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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	8	14	13	15	10	10	13	9	16	16	14	15	14	12	13	9	12	12	18	16	15	14
Energy	476	500	485	303	687	841	128	484	495	619	438	419	308	640	292	414	263	452	762	1162	1206	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:07AM 2.00		6:52PM 1.58		5:37AM 1.83	7:23PM 1.32		5:59AM 1.81		8:54PM 2.43	7:57AM 1.44		8:20PM 1.91	7:06AM 1.76		10:08PM 2.63	10:30AM 1.62		10:59PM 2.15	11:23AM 1.63		8:28PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11PM 1.37	10:53AM -0.19		11:21PM 0.84	12:56PM -0.09		1:09AM 0.77	1:00PM 0.42		2:48AM 1.33		3:03PM 0.19	2:28AM 0.83	1:16PM 0.53	3:49PM 0.30	4:34AM 0.86		4:14PM 0.94		5:14AM 0.03	4:59PM 0.46	3:11AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	14	17	12	11	16	12	13	11	11	14	14	11	15	10	12	13	11	13	12	10
Low °C	11	12	13	16	9	11	16	9	12	10	11	13	12	11	15	7	10	12	9	9	11	9
Chill °C (?)	14	17	12	17	10	9	16	12	13	11	10	14	13	11	14	8	12	11	8	11	10	7
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	13	7	10	10	7	9	8	8	14	15	14	9	13	9	12	12	7	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	14	14	16	15	12	11	13	14	16	16	8	9	5	12	17	11	11	8	18	10	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 W	-	-	1.3 NW	-	1.4 NNW	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	6	-	6	6	-

	Wed		Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 S
Period(s)	10	10	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13
Energy	1109	1210	1110	1488	1100	505	1104	1022	1109	1685	1036	1183	570	219	975	716	699	511	622	526	614	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:48AM 1.66					6:56PM 1.25								7:55PM 1.65				7:01AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	11:17AM -0.15				11:27PM 0.94				1:03PM -0.03				1:31AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	9	9	8	16	13	19	11	9	8	9	14	18	14	13	10	9	8	9	10	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	8	8	7	16	12	19	11	6	5	9	13	18	12	12	10	9	7	8	10	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 S	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 NW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	13	14	10	8	13	16	7	10	10	10	7	7	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	17	7	18	13	14	16	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	16	11	11	15	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	13	7	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	14	14	14	9	14	9	14	13	14	13	14	16	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	15
Energy	1058	828	913	717	1104	613	778	513	1092	1021	670	1491	742	451	1294	1010	1124	798	1009	1719	1718	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											3:47AM 1.76	4:32AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	11	11	13	12	11	9	9	8	8	12	15	9	10	10	11	10	12	12	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	10	12	12	10	8	8	6	7	10	15	7	8	8	9	7	10	9	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:44	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	18	14	14	14	9	8	9	9	13	14	13	9	7	10	10	13	13	10	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 S	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	9	9	7	14	14	14	14	7	6	18	14	16	13	13	18	10	13	17	17	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.8 NNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	12	12	-

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