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

	Tue	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Nesika Beach Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	11	12	11	12	11	15	9	9	10	10	13	7	10	11	13	11	11	12	10	10	10	12
Energy	549	963	1106	1129	1139	350	1131	2324	729	3267	2113	594	4339	2038	2155	7593	1072	1883	1423	1285	1360	3161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:54AM 1.45		8:30PM 1.56	10:13AM 1.28	7:47PM 2.31	9:03PM 1.69	9:50AM 1.56		9:40PM 1.80	12:51PM 1.83		10:31PM 1.78	12:52PM 1.26		10:28PM 2.45	1:51PM 1.27		11:50PM 2.39		2:37PM 1.60	2:07AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	2:31AM 0.68		2:01PM 0.82	3:09AM -0.10			3:51AM -0.32		2:35PM 0.90	4:35AM -0.48	6:14AM -0.56	3:11PM 0.55		5:22AM -0.56	3:59PM 1.07		6:12AM -0.58	4:15PM 1.04		7:29AM -0.07	6:38PM 1.29	8:17PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	22	15	15	17	14	15	20	16	12	24	14	18	22	13	19	16	17	21	20	17
Low °C	11	11	21	10	12	17	10	14	19	10	11	23	9	11	21	12	14	16	16	20	19	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	22	14	14	17	14	14	20	16	11	24	12	18	22	10	19	16	16	21	20	16
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 S	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	11	12	13	12	16	12	9	9	10	10	13	14	10	11	13	11	11	12	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	18	13	13	15	15	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	-	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	9	10	10	-	7	10	-	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Tue		Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	12	12	12	11	11	15	9	9	9	10	10	9
Energy	546	661	549	604	501	963	268	1106	1021	1747	1129	1130	1399	1139	940	350	920	2206	1131	1134	1177	2324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:50PM 1.49					9:54AM 1.45				8:18PM 1.65				10:13AM 1.28				9:03PM 1.69				9:50AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				2:31AM 0.68			1:57PM 0.37	2:01PM 0.82				3:09AM -0.10								3:51AM -0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	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	10	12	13	13	12	13	21	21	12	14	10	10	15	15	20	17	14	12	11	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	12	12	12	21	21	11	13	10	10	14	14	20	17	14	12	11	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	11	7	12	12	12	16	11	12	16	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	16	13	16	15	10	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.8 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	6	-	6	11	-	8	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	9

	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy	642	529	546	691	998	661	552	552	549	566	501	604	702	505	501	503	587	963	477	971	268	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:50PM 1.49													8:17AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)										2:31AM 0.68											1:57PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	13	11	11	12	15	16	13	19	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	14	11	10	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	15	12	11	11	12	15	16	12	19	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	11	6	-

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Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
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