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 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Salsipuedes Baja Norte
Rating	2	1	1	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	18	18	12	15	16	11	12	7	6	8
Energy(?)	346	217	120	234	3435	2852	3406	2112	1409	1406	837	788	499	612	419	650	646	387	919	297	306	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:09PM 2.15	12:08PM 2.40		11:48PM 1.69	12:54PM 2.35		12:01AM 2.22	1:07PM 1.85		11:42PM 2.02	1:13PM 1.55		1:13AM 2.32		3:15PM 2.22	12:46AM 1.48		4:06PM 2.11	1:20AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	4:53PM 0.62		6:01AM 0.67	5:25PM 0.75		6:40AM 0.54	4:32PM 0.77		6:45AM 0.43	4:07PM 0.81		6:43AM 0.40	6:04PM 1.10		8:36AM 0.48			9:16AM 0.03			9:46AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	18	16	8	9	11	12	15	17	18	19	19	17	17	18	14	15	13	15	20	17
Low °C	13	12	18	15	8	9	10	10	15	16	15	17	19	15	13	18	11	13	13	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	18	16	4	8	8	10	14	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	14	15	12	13	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	7:37	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.5 SW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 S	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 S	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	18	9	8	15	12	11	15	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 NNW	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	14	14	16	8	13	13	15	15	10	13	20	18	16	18	9	11	16	7	12	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	0.2 W	-	2.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	2	-	3	-	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	12	-	6	-

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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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	243	263	241	229	282	200	204	176	167	113	206	207	213	3182	3549	4064	735	2271	2580	3230	5424	4175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:21PM 1.65				11:32AM 1.99			10:51PM 2.01					11:55AM 1.23				12:13AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53PM 0.62	5:31PM 0.68							3:22PM 0.55					6:41AM 0.54				6:45PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	10	12	11	9	13	12	12	18	13	12	12	7	8	9	17	10	9	10	7	10
Chill °C (?)	14	13	10	12	11	6	13	11	11	18	13	11	12	4	8	9	16	8	9	9	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	7	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	12	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	2	3	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	11	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	11

	Tuesday 31												Wednesday 01
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	8	15	9	8	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	229	247	283	243	349	263	147	261	247	96	191	191	239	194	201	204	130	145	212	146	235	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)												10:26PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	13	14	13	12	16	13	12	18	13	13	14	11	9	9	14	9	9	13	11	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	11	12	15	12	12	18	12	12	13	11	8	6	14	6	5	12	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	14	14	14	10	14	7	7	14	14	13	14	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	4	10	10	14	13	13	13	9	13	7	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	2	-	3	2	-	3	3	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	3	3	3	4	3	-	3

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