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

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	598	719	2100	1390	1190	2256	680	717	349	269	385	645	802	558	751	539	606	1332	980	859	800	897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:04AM 1.65	7:47PM 2.04		9:28AM 1.71	7:38PM 2.08	9:36PM 1.78	9:54AM 1.42		10:19PM 1.75	11:19AM 1.61		11:16PM 1.80	11:31AM 2.05		10:56PM 1.86	11:14AM 1.93		1:01AM 2.35	12:33PM 1.70		1:10AM 1.84	12:48PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55PM 1.15		1:52AM 0.21			4:14AM -0.01		4:54PM 1.10	4:51AM 0.07		5:00PM 0.45		5:14AM 0.55	5:38PM 0.73		5:02AM 0.64	5:33PM 0.60		6:19AM 0.43	7:50PM 0.19		6:42AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7
High °C	21	18	19	17	21	15	18	19	15	17	18	16	20	23	17	21	23	21	16	16	16	15
Low °C	18	18	13	16	19	14	14	19	14	15	18	16	16	22	15	18	22	19	15	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	18	19	17	21	14	18	19	15	17	18	16	20	23	16	21	23	21	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	17	16	16	16	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	11	-	3	3	-

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	15	16	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	508	507	582	519	539	684	529	1014	1393	1911	2139	1306	1135	1279	1241	1114	1006	1217	1360	1221	634	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:58AM 1.63	8:58AM 1.64			7:42PM 1.70	8:59PM 2.49				10:27AM 1.54				8:40PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 0.26			12:57PM 1.04	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44				4:15PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	26	23	21	18	14	14	14	14	19	20	16	17	17	16	16	14	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	26	23	21	18	14	13	13	14	19	20	16	17	17	16	16	14	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	2.5 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	15	8	15	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	8	9	11	9	16	10	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.3 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-

	Wednesday 17
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.6 NW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	17	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	10	16	10	15	15
Energy(?)	516	508	675	513	611	592	426	305	465	462	503	465	455	704	566	549	534	865	719	824	710	710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											9:44AM 1.41											8:21PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			1:14AM 0.24	2:07AM 0.26											1:55PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	23	20	22	16	20	14	16	17	19	20	23	21	23	23	22	17	17	15	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	23	20	22	16	20	14	16	17	19	20	23	21	23	23	22	16	17	14	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	16	16	16	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	11	10	10	10	8	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	17	9	11	9	10	17	9	16	5	5	16	16	16	12	16	16	15	12	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	10	-	-	-	5	7	6	8	8

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