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

	Sat	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31
	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	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	12	12	11	16	15	14	8	10	10	13	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	16	16
Energy(?)	496	825	283	212	233	397	200	310	598	1164	1265	2454	7584	3499	4728	2363	1559	1701	948	1128	2875	3814
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:39AM 1.63		3:26PM 1.31	2:05AM 1.90		4:04PM 1.16	3:30AM 1.93		6:06PM 1.24	7:59PM 1.09	5:20AM 1.84		8:56PM 1.22	6:24AM 1.91		9:01PM 1.07	8:58AM 2.42		9:47PM 1.58	8:17AM 2.40		10:12PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25AM 0.38			9:54AM 0.70		7:53PM 1.01	11:14AM 0.49		10:45PM 1.01	1:00PM -0.13		12:15AM 1.05		2:07PM -0.38	1:00AM 0.78		2:59PM -0.01	2:04AM 1.16		3:43PM -0.05	2:52AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	17	15	13	15	13	11	15	13	13	18	17	13	16	16	14	19	14	12
Low °C	14	16	14	12	15	14	12	15	12	10	12	12	12	14	15	12	15	14	14	16	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	14	17	15	13	15	11	10	15	12	13	18	16	12	16	16	14	19	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	14	12	12	11	11	10	14	13	10	10	13	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	18	18	16	15	11	17	16	14	10	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	19	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 25								Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	14	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	738	600	685	542	697	593	513	712	565	211	212	209	206	248	213	245	507	337	316	364	309	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:07AM 1.84				1:24PM 1.25				3:24AM 1.71					6:33PM 1.29				4:24AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		7:26PM 0.44				8:07AM 0.86			6:41PM 0.88	8:07PM 0.66					11:10AM 0.19			9:17PM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	15	14	17	15	16	16	14	12	12	12	14	17	16	13	13	13	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	15	14	17	15	16	16	14	12	11	11	14	17	16	12	12	12	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	14	14	13	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	8	8	15	12	12	8	15	15	15	18	18	17	16	16	16	10	10	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	8	-

	Saturday 24	Sunday 25
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	738	738	885	553	505	613	904	678	643	463	473	473	465	465	519	488	367	425	402	397	386	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)											2:39AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)																		9:46AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	16	16	15	14	16	15	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	16	16	15	13	16	14	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	7	7	7	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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