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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Salsipuedes Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	22	19	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	10	13	9
Energy(?)	1464	1391	549	1080	2027	2835	2051	2038	1803	1627	1883	1312	754	743	289	426	581	1636	1837	1342	761	815
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 1.08	7:53PM 2.06	7:09AM 1.84			7:06AM 2.31		9:33PM 1.73	9:05AM 2.97		9:56PM 1.59	10:15AM 2.63		11:55PM 2.26	9:19AM 2.51		11:51PM 1.62	11:05AM 2.37		11:09PM 1.54	12:04PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 0.28		1:17AM 1.15		1:26PM -0.76	11:28PM 0.80		2:24PM 0.15	2:09AM 1.17		3:13PM -0.04	2:14AM 1.13	4:08AM 0.88	5:14PM -0.59			4:54PM -0.19	3:57AM 1.23	5:05AM 0.97		3:28AM 1.10	6:37AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	13	16	10	16	12	16	14	16	12	16	16	15	19	17	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	13
Low °C	10	13	8	16	11	15	13	13	10	13	15	15	18	17	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	9	16	12	16	14	16	12	16	15	15	19	17	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	19	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	6	7	6	11	10	10	9	11	12	14	14	14	14	7	13	11	12	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 30						Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	13	14	12	12	22	20	21	20	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	18	16
Energy(?)	1385	1222	1011	1328	2763	1004	1221	1126	1091	1315	1157	1636	3146	3304	3295	3244	3330	3439	3097	1852	1153	3207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:03AM 1.60				6:24PM 0.20					7:40AM 2.69				9:02PM 1.65				7:06AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)				1:24PM 0.31			11:51PM 0.85					1:36PM 0.40								3:56PM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	12	13	13	14	15	13	13	11	11	16	16	10	12	10	16	16	17	15	13	15	10
Chill °C (?)	8	12	12	12	13	15	12	12	11	11	16	16	10	12	8	16	16	17	14	12	15	9
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	20	11	11	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	14	14	15	18	13	13	13	13	22	11	21	20	7	6	7	11	10	10	12	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	9

	Sunday 30																			Monday 01
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	13	14	16	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	11
Energy(?)	1443	1423	1267	1611	1263	908	1568	1595	1058	865	1430	1391	782	694	633	1095	977	864	561	871	582	845
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										1:49PM 0.84												1:26AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	7	14	15	15	15	14	12	16	16	11	12	10	13	13	14	9	12	15	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	6	14	15	14	14	12	11	15	15	10	11	9	12	12	13	7	12	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	14	16	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	15	15	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	-	5	6	6	6	-	-	-

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