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 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	State Line Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Frankport Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	16	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	11	10	12	12	10
Energy(?)	525	417	382	139	262	541	204	125	665	460	1016	4325	1159	1635	1813	1164	1615	2619	721	1211	1589	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49AM 2.23		10:58PM 2.02	10:33AM 2.24		11:36PM 1.66	9:34AM 2.04		10:45PM 0.57	9:44AM 1.41		11:02PM 1.91	11:40AM 1.19		10:32PM 1.93	12:23PM 1.00		12:14AM 1.39		1:52PM 0.87	11:29PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		4:31PM 0.27		4:34AM 0.87	5:06PM 0.39			4:41PM 0.02			4:05PM 0.59		5:42AM 0.15	4:15PM 0.74		6:25AM 0.20	5:51PM 0.53		7:30AM 0.67	6:06PM 0.68		8:20AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	13	17	17	14	23	18	11	19	16	13	19	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	10	16
Low °C	14	14	11	16	15	12	20	17	8	16	12	10	18	13	13	12	14	11	16	12	10	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	17	16	13	23	18	8	19	15	11	19	13	13	12	13	13	17	13	8	16
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	8	12	7	15	7	13	11	16	10	11	11	10	13	13	11	10	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	18	16	12	16	17	13	14	16	16	14	15	15	14	13	16	16	13	12	22	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	-	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	1.5 NNW	2.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	9	6	-	7	7	7	-	8	9	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	11	-	5	8	-

	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	0.4 SSW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	17	7
Energy(?)	537	513	520	516	414	358	697	896	691	217	222	585	222	291	270	530	541	509	511	649	243	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 1.89			9:44AM 2.32								9:18AM 2.10					10:33PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		3:46AM 1.00								2:33AM 0.16				3:06PM 0.26					4:15AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	15	15	13	16	13	14	14	15	16	19	17	16	15	14	12	13	16	17	21
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	15	15	12	16	12	13	13	15	16	19	17	16	14	13	11	12	16	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	16	12	16	17	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	-	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	7

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 NW	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	10	10	13	13	11	10	13	6	10	9	9	9	9	13	13
Energy(?)	541	443	496	467	478	616	100	315	276	181	191	575	304	178	310	273	304	417	468	338	53	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										7:51AM 1.78	8:05AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)						3:50AM 0.54												3:47PM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	11	11	16	16	15	16	18	18	17	16	17	16	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	10	10	16	16	13	16	17	17	16	15	16	15	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	10	10	6	6	10	10	13	13	10	9	13	13	9	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	14	10	19	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	13	13	18	18	13	10	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	11	4	6	6	3	4	9	9	4	7	6

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