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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sun
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	14	9	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	14	16
Energy(?)	5116	1939	5252	1793	728	1399	568	1060	423	1412	781	2101	1514	2701	1462	2720	1656	4116	1507	3001	3075	3822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 1.98		5:09AM 2.05	3:03PM 2.44		6:09AM 1.44	3:16PM 1.44		7:08AM 1.54	3:58PM 1.33		7:36AM 1.19	5:46PM 1.26		7:12AM 1.67	5:33PM 1.68		7:56AM 1.85	7:41PM 1.68		8:28AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	8:45AM 1.13		9:02PM 0.49	9:16AM 1.78		10:47PM 0.69	10:19AM 1.24		10:23PM 0.15	10:50AM 1.45		11:26PM 0.14	12:31PM 0.88		12:54AM 0.15	12:43PM 1.10		1:11AM 0.56		2:01PM 0.89	12:53AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	17	14	18	20	19	20	23	16	15	25	15	17	20	12	14	17	16	25	26	23	25
Low °C	10	16	11	12	19	16	16	22	13	13	23	13	14	19	11	11	16	15	22	24	21	23
Chill °C (?)	9	17	13	18	20	19	20	23	16	14	25	15	17	20	10	14	17	16	25	26	23	25
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	8	12	12	12	9	14	15	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	17	13	17	16	16	10	9	11	19	19	18	17	21	17	19	7	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	9	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	9	9	7	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	11593	9004	6203	5638	4212	3363	2821	6032	5252	5332	4835	1263	3842	3289	3095	4496	1023	1272	1292	1129	1185	1466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 1.49				2:24PM 2.53							1:06PM 1.40						6:51AM 1.50		1:10PM 1.63	2:45PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			6:26AM 1.38	8:36AM 1.70				8:59PM 0.06								9:40PM 0.55				8:39AM 1.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	16	9	11	12	10	10	12	11	12	15	20	21	18	16	18	19	19	23	18	23
Chill °C (?)	12	9	16	9	11	11	8	8	11	9	11	15	20	21	18	15	18	19	19	23	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	13	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Sunday 26
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	9	9	7	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	13
Energy(?)	12747	12169	2752	11349	9825	8954	7544	3511	3003	3682	2823	2944	2971	3138	3055	4424	717	3855	3595	3260	3823	1831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						4:05AM 2.09								12:23PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)																					7:53PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	10	10	10	11	13	14	18	18	16	20	21	20	18	19	18	17	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	8	8	8	10	12	14	18	18	16	20	21	20	17	19	18	17	15	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	6	-

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