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

	Fri	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	13	12	12	9	16	14	14	8	16	16	15	14	12
Energy(?)	1304	1759	1541	1412	792	900	465	1185	1403	885	1033	807	473	925	969	584	815	2427	3608	4839	4948	3134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:54AM 2.41	12:43PM 3.07		1:36AM 1.47	12:12PM 1.82		3:50AM 1.71		1:15PM 2.01		4:27AM 1.67	1:32PM 1.71		4:37AM 1.57	3:55PM 1.70		6:58AM 2.44	6:25PM 1.62		7:04AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		6:48AM 1.48			6:11AM 1.08		8:48PM -0.32	8:46AM 1.56		9:01PM 0.23	9:06AM 1.34		9:16PM 0.37	9:48AM 1.16		10:55PM 0.47			12:54AM 0.29		1:28PM 0.94	12:23AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	1	-	-
High °C	15	17	21	18	25	18	24	27	26	22	24	22	15	16	15	15	19	17	16	17	16	14
Low °C	15	16	21	18	25	17	24	27	24	20	24	20	15	15	15	15	18	16	15	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	21	18	25	18	24	27	26	22	24	22	15	16	15	14	19	16	15	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	13	12	12	9	9	14	14	8	16	16	15	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	19	18	18	12	16	16	11	15	14	16	18	6	7	9	14	17	16	8	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	4	6	8	8	-	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3677	3233	3167	3012	1107	1041	1564	1329	1371	1222	1063	1238	1185	1101	699	571	1002	1152	1175	1021	1127	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							12:34PM 2.40								12:10PM 2.18					3:44AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		7:07PM -0.14			5:08AM 1.01				6:56PM 0.00				4:26AM 1.17					8:55PM -0.33				7:26AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	17	15	20	17	16	21	22	22	18	18	18	25	25	17	17	16	19	19	27
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	17	14	20	17	16	21	22	22	18	18	18	25	25	17	17	16	19	19	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	19	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	12	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 07	Saturday 08
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	4069	3735	3876	2282	1579	1578	2833	2781	2677	2639	2563	1851	2159	2184	2217	1959	2022	2087	1934	1340	1211	1575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									12:57AM 1.60											11:55AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)												3:34AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	18	15	15	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	14	15	16	18	17	22
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	17	15	15	11	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	14	15	16	18	17	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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