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 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	2.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	12	9	15	10	10	10	9	9	10	15	14	14	8	14	15	12	15	12	10	12
Energy(?)	329	529	272	940	214	1502	1727	1322	603	525	1197	253	248	410	374	374	661	1640	737	827	288	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:15AM 1.88		9:16PM 0.72	10:16AM 1.34		11:51PM 2.40	12:21PM 1.47		9:29PM 1.84	12:04PM 1.17		12:52AM 2.39	1:39PM 1.22		11:59PM 1.78			1:53AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	4:33PM 0.15			3:20PM 0.16	3:50AM -0.74				6:02AM -0.20	5:25PM 0.40	4:26AM -0.32	5:38AM -0.29			6:21AM -0.41			8:53AM -0.51			9:58AM -0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	15	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
High °C	16	10	12	10	13	10	10	12	10	12	14	18	18	14	15	14	13	15	17	15	13	15
Low °C	14	9	10	9	12	7	10	12	6	12	12	14	18	14	12	14	12	12	16	12	11	15
Chill °C (?)	14	6	12	7	11	8	6	9	8	11	13	18	18	13	15	14	13	15	17	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	7:34	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	2.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	8	8	13	15	10	14	10	9	14	10	7	14	9	8	8	8	12	15	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	12	16	12	15	18	17	14	17	15	15	9	14	14	6	15	6	8	6	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.9 SSW	-	2.2 WNW	1.1 NW	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	-	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	-	9	6	-	10	-	-	9	10	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	15	7	9	10	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	213	302	283	731	707	548	886	1111	870	610	224	887	1312	1123	1227	1110	664	1030	895	1215	1416	1279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	-
High Tide / height (m)				9:10PM 1.44								9:36PM 1.58									11:58PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)						3:28AM 0.08				4:13PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	16	12	12	10	13	8	11	11	16	14	4	6	9	19	20	10	13	8	7	12
Chill °C (?)	9	12	15	10	11	9	12	5	11	11	16	13	1	3	7	19	20	7	11	6	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	2.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	8	8	13	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	15	7	9	10	9	9	14	10	14	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	12	16	13	13	14	15	16	14	14	6	15	14	15	14	14	18	9	17	18	14	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	-	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	8	8	8	-	9	10	-	-

	Tuesday 14												Wednesday 15
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 NW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	16	8	16	6	6	8	12	16	16	7	12	16	16	13	7	9	14	8	8	14
Energy(?)	226	310	289	576	329	628	547	226	430	529	271	731	257	369	296	224	601	900	188	359	323	441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			1:46PM 0.46	2:50PM 0.08													3:28AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	17	15	15	16	14	9	11	10	16	12	9	9	9	12	10	10	11	9	10	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	16	13	13	15	12	6	9	8	16	10	8	6	8	11	9	6	10	8	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	1.4 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	13	6	7	8	8	13	13	7	9	14	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	16	13	13	12	12	16	16	13	16	8	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.0 SSW	0.3 N	1.3 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	1.7 NW	2.0 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	6	6	6	4	3	5	-	7	-	4	7	6	7	6	6	8	-	7

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