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 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	16	8	10	14	8	8	12	9	13	8	9	16	16	14	13	14	12	12	12	16
Energy	174	162	1051	833	439	1420	781	382	693	587	52	801	1086	941	1042	1483	1161	1253	700	598	667	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:36PM 2.03	11:18AM 2.19		10:58PM 2.62	12:06PM 2.20		11:58PM 1.66	12:14PM 1.13		12:01AM 2.10	1:22PM 1.20	2:02PM 1.68	12:08AM 1.51		2:01PM 1.24	11:35PM 1.53		2:58PM 1.14	12:04AM 1.98		3:43PM 1.23	1:26AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		5:06AM 0.62	4:51PM 1.06		5:43AM 0.46	3:21PM 0.92		5:06AM -0.18	5:17PM 0.61		6:29AM -0.20	6:53PM 0.91		7:00AM -0.15	6:40PM 0.94		7:45AM -0.19	6:55PM 0.83		8:52AM -0.12	7:52PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	14	11	16	22	13	16	18	14	17	12	11	12	13	12	12	15	12	13	15	15
Low °C	12	13	13	10	12	22	11	12	18	12	16	12	11	11	13	11	11	14	12	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	17	13	8	16	22	11	16	18	14	17	10	9	11	13	11	12	14	12	13	15	13
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	16	14	10	14	13	8	13	9	6	8	9	9	9	14	13	14	12	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	11	10	15	14	13	14	12	12	12	13	12	11	16	16	18	15	16	8	9	15	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	-	8	8	-	14	8	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Tue		Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	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	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	7	8	8	18	17	6	8	8	15	14	14	14	8	8	13	9	8	8	13	8	8	9
Energy	626	636	684	796	701	376	605	341	1043	1032	1292	1047	1331	1172	671	432	1042	1484	1067	1401	1261	1540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:30PM 2.57				9:27AM 1.63	11:51AM 1.27								11:36AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)					5:06AM 0.62			3:35PM 0.40					5:52AM -0.06			4:10PM 0.55					6:07AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	8	8	10	17	13	21	11	11	10	10	10	15	15	19	12	12	17	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	9	6	7	10	17	12	21	11	11	10	9	10	15	14	19	12	12	17	11	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	20	8	8	8	8	6	8	11	15	7	8	7	8	9	13	13	8	8	13	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	11	12	11	18	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.9 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9

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	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	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	8	18	19	8	8	8	8	11	8	17	11	8	16	8
Energy	525	704	500	544	627	181	255	160	543	447	573	962	622	692	408	154	598	778	420	701	798	692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							11:05PM 1.63											11:00AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)													5:14AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	10	9	9	12	11	12	11	9	10	9	11	11	12	14	14	14	20	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	8	8	7	7	10	8	12	11	9	10	9	11	11	12	14	13	13	20	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	13	7	7	7	7	12	12	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	17	11	8	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	11	16	12	12	11	11	11	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

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