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

	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	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	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SW	1.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	8	12	10	11	18	11	10	6	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	12	8	10
Energy(?)	403	1198	1499	613	443	633	985	503	2874	2396	3809	2013	890	921	1137	802	1464	372	271	214	549	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:17PM 1.19	12:57AM 1.96		4:14PM 0.18	3:20AM 1.65		7:19PM 1.95	4:43AM 1.98		7:20PM 1.43	8:31PM 1.54	7:15AM 2.55		9:37PM 2.25	8:33AM 2.51		8:11PM 1.65	7:19AM 2.03		9:34PM 1.37	9:02AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	10:11AM -0.17			10:04AM 0.34		8:48PM 1.00	12:02PM -0.09		10:31PM 1.36	12:37PM 0.31		1:20AM 1.06			2:48AM 1.54		3:33PM -0.06	1:33AM 0.88	2:00PM 0.28	4:30PM 0.02	3:18AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	12	19	12	12	17	10	23	16	20	20	10	15	16	11	14	18	11	14	15	12	12
Low °C	19	12	18	12	10	17	10	21	10	14	19	10	8	15	10	11	17	10	11	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	24	10	19	11	10	17	9	23	15	20	20	8	15	16	11	14	18	11	14	15	11	10
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 NW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	8	12	10	11	6	11	10	16	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	13	20	19	18	11	16	9	13	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	14	15	13	13	12	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 NW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	4	-	-	-	6	10	10	11	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	5	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	10	18	10	18	10	10	11	10	16	10	7	8
Energy(?)	1263	1617	785	1570	1337	1007	1028	692	661	689	789	536	1449	762	1133	1131	1115	595	263	1673	692	1448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:39PM 1.41				3:31AM 2.68					5:53PM 2.09			4:34AM 2.72					7:35PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)		9:17AM -0.11			7:22PM -0.17					10:07AM 0.34				8:18PM 0.85				10:45AM 0.39				10:21PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	17	14	24	22	17	13	13	21	24	17	10	11	20	10	10	10	17	23	9	18	17
Chill °C (?)	9	17	14	24	22	17	12	12	21	24	17	8	10	20	9	9	8	17	23	6	18	17
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.2 NW	0.7 SW	2.5 WNW	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	7	10	11	11	12	11	10	6	10	7	10	10	9	10	16	10	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	13	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	11	11	18	11	12	11	16	11	9	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	-	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	11	-	11	11	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	11	-	7	8

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	19	11	8	7
Energy(?)	1388	816	845	415	417	357	1041	812	2024	2024	765	940	686	730	846	845	926	532	256	927	717	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												4:27PM 1.59									1:59AM 1.53	2:01AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:39AM 0.39	8:49AM 0.33													9:24PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	12	14	22	23	21	11	13	25	24	15	10	11	22	9	10	11	16	18	11	19	19
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	22	23	21	9	12	25	24	15	10	11	22	9	10	10	16	18	11	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	19	11	11	11	9	9	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	19	19	19	13	6	13	20	19	19	18	19	19	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.7 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	7

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