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

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Burnout CAL - LA County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	12	11	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	16	15	14	15	13	12	15	15	16	9	10
Energy	1415	279	1028	1016	1071	1280	870	837	1185	531	608	502	501	696	620	507	514	688	315	384	1551	876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 1.51	1:46AM 2.12		5:18PM 1.34	4:09AM 2.45		6:06PM 1.47			6:19PM 1.85		5:09AM 1.58	7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.42			7:12AM 1.52		9:12PM 1.96	10:27AM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:50AM -0.41	6:58PM 1.27		9:48AM -0.29		10:32PM 1.49	10:51AM 0.30		12:02AM 0.96	11:44AM 0.00		12:17AM 1.05	11:40AM 0.56		1:24AM 0.86	1:59PM 0.34		2:15AM 0.15	12:39PM 0.82		4:07AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	17	18	17	12	14	13	11	14	16	12	15	14	12	12	15	15	15	19	11	14
Low °C	15	23	14	13	17	11	12	13	10	11	15	11	13	14	11	11	13	10	15	18	9	12
Chill °C (?)	19	24	17	18	17	12	14	13	10	13	16	11	14	14	11	11	15	15	14	19	8	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	10	9	10	9	17	10	9	10	10	8	15	13	12	15	15	16	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	21	15	13	19	15	15	18	18	14	16	16	16	15	14	9	14	15	12	5	12	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	4	5	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	The Lagoons CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Energy	3133	3126	3156	1415	1363	279	1085	1066	1028	1249	1266	1016	705	1071	1386	1692	1280	1157	1114	870	829	837
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 2.01					3:02PM 1.51			1:46AM 2.12						5:15PM 1.65			4:10AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)				8:50AM -0.41			7:51PM 1.32					9:48AM -0.29	11:12AM -0.29			10:41PM 1.03				10:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	14	19	19	23	17	15	14	15	15	18	13	17	12	11	11	12	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	13	19	19	23	17	14	14	15	15	18	12	17	12	11	11	12	15	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	21	21	15	15	15	15	13	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	-	1.4 NW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	3145	3203	3133	3132	3059	3126	3109	3185	3156	3127	1476	1415	832	1366	1363	850	1534	279	860	2399	1085	1069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 2.01																5:11PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)											9:26AM -0.41										7:51PM 1.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	14	16	17	19	22	18	19	13	20	23	11	13	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	13	16	17	19	22	18	19	12	20	23	9	12	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	21	21	21	21	21	13	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	2.2 NW	0.5 W	-	2.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	-	-	10	10	-	12	3	-	12	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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