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

	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	10	9	10	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	8	8	10	19	10	10	10	16	10	10	8	9
Energy	1247	1365	3035	1437	1228	1092	366	699	1200	303	885	1204	3071	844	3557	1910	1552	1323	827	895	1911	1931
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:48PM 0.91		10:28PM 1.67	12:36PM 1.43	2:03PM 1.30	11:09PM 2.09	1:14PM 1.41	2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61	1:29PM 1.42	3:02PM 1.54	12:09AM 1.52		2:29PM 0.95	1:02AM 1.86		4:33PM 1.60	1:37AM 1.34		5:36PM 1.61	2:37AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 0.88		5:38AM 0.22	6:19PM 0.92		6:11AM 0.26	6:56PM 0.95		6:26AM 0.33	6:39PM 1.38		8:52AM -0.18	5:47PM 0.86		8:22AM 0.42			10:30AM -0.02		9:29PM 0.91	9:39AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	21	17	17	14	16	20	14	15	18	24	21	14	17	20	15	20	14	12	12	14	17
Low °C	12	16	16	15	13	14	17	13	15	16	22	15	13	17	18	14	18	12	11	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	13	21	16	17	14	16	20	13	14	18	24	21	13	16	20	15	20	13	12	11	12	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 W	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	20	11	10	9	10	10	16	7	15	15	18	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	21	16	19	18	18	17	16	22	16	6	20	14	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	9	10	-	9	-	-	6	7	-	8	8	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	9

	Sunday 31						Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	No Pass 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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	3114	1247	1917	1365	2342	3323	3035	1160	1021	1437	514	1228	1241	1693	1092	1494	1351	366	904	699	569	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:19PM 1.18			10:21PM 1.69						2:03PM 1.30			11:09PM 2.09					2:45PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	5:20AM -0.25								5:54AM -0.22				5:03PM 1.31				6:19AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	19	21	15	16	16	12	14	17	13	13	15	16	14	14	13	20	12	13	17	14
Chill °C (?)	9	13	19	21	15	15	16	12	14	17	12	13	14	16	13	13	12	20	10	12	17	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	20	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	16	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 W	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	21	21	20	16	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	22	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	-	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	-	10	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	10	10	-	9	6	-	9

	Sunday 31																		Monday 01
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	19
Energy	1202	1166	3114	1218	1430	1247	2881	1611	1204	1799	811	1365	804	1196	2342	2297	2231	3240	3246	3058	3035	1181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																		10:28PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	5:22AM -0.23										3:39PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	14	14	14	16	15	20	19	24	21	24	17	15	13	13	17	16	16	16	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	14	13	13	16	14	20	19	24	21	24	17	15	13	13	17	15	16	16	12
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	20	10	10	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	16	20	20	13	16	13	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	-	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	-	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	11	9	11	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-

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