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 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	0.4 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW
Period(s)	13	14	12	12	6	11	8	11	7	20	7	9	18	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	8	7
Energy	799	299	403	638	386	287	219	622	507	271	1085	1381	446	1032	963	914	2341	718	878	689	648	550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:54PM 0.83	2:52AM 1.79		5:51PM 2.08	3:13AM 1.39		6:20PM 1.04	3:20AM 1.20		7:32PM 2.20		6:02AM 1.48			6:03AM 1.11	7:26PM 1.34		7:21AM 1.04	7:20PM 1.94		8:17AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40AM -0.07	4:33PM 0.83	9:08PM 1.07	10:30AM 0.63		9:29PM 0.95	10:23AM 0.05		10:02PM 0.96	12:35PM 0.04		12:52AM 1.60	1:05PM 0.17		1:00AM 0.61	12:40PM 0.16		1:54AM 0.94	1:13PM 0.26		1:45AM 0.19	1:51PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	11	14	21	16	21	21	18	19	20	14	19	13	15	20	18	14	19	20	13	15
Low °C	11	17	10	12	19	10	18	21	16	16	19	12	17	13	12	17	18	13	17	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	18	9	14	21	16	21	21	18	19	20	13	19	11	14	20	18	14	19	20	13	15
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	12	12	14	11	8	13	10	8	16	18	8	10	15	8	11	11	11	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	14	7	18	13	11	17	18	16	15	14	18	11	18	12	16	16	15	15	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	-	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	6	5	-	11	7	-	7	9	-	8	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 06						Thursday 07								Friday 08
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	3.0 NW
Period(s)	14	16	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	11	8	8	8
Energy	693	212	565	899	906	808	580	541	539	339	590	540	615	502	1085	813	675	269	612	320	411	1709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:51PM 2.10			1:11AM 1.38						5:40PM 1.41			2:07AM 1.29					6:06PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)						8:22PM 0.93				10:47AM -0.03				10:11PM 1.09				10:35AM 0.51				10:02PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	11	14	12	10	14	14	17	13	14	14	10	10	14	14	16	18	22	23	20	16
Chill °C (?)	11	14	9	13	10	9	13	14	17	12	14	14	10	10	14	13	16	18	22	23	20	15
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.3 W	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	16	13	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	13	18	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	5	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	14	7	7	7	7	12	12	11	13	17	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	11	8	5	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	15	16	14	15	13	16	15	11	11	15	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	5	13
Energy	563	223	422	670	750	686	404	494	494	383	849	698	884	903	369	395	332	358	356	124	169	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												4:52PM 1.98								12:36AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					9:43AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	11	12	13	12	18	18	18	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	12	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	11	14	11	12	13	11	18	18	18	12	13	12	12	10	13	12	13	13	12	16	17	13
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	6	11	11	13	11	12	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	14	14	6	13	13	14	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	14	14	7	16	15	11	11	14	7	7	7	16	11	11	14	14	14	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	11	11	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	5	5	5	5	6

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