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

	Sun		Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	9	6	16	6	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	442	527	305	417	350	139	278	427	133	401	616	538	738	1716	718	2630	1237	568	448	980	1465	768
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:59PM 2.35	10:49AM 2.23		11:59PM 1.99	10:33AM 2.24		11:43PM 1.66	10:30AM 1.44		10:03PM 1.54	11:04AM 1.32		10:06PM 1.51	10:43AM 1.70		11:03PM 1.45	11:12AM 1.48		12:23AM 1.43		1:52PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)			4:48AM 0.66	5:27PM -0.18		4:34AM 0.87	5:06PM 0.39		4:39AM 0.29	6:35PM 0.08		5:08AM 0.20	5:02PM -0.61		4:43AM 0.60	5:08PM 0.81		5:14AM 0.63	4:27PM 0.89		7:39AM 0.23	6:06PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	14	15	13	17	17	14	21	17	10	22	18	13	17	18	16	20	19	18	20	20
Low °C	14	11	14	14	11	16	15	11	20	14	9	18	12	13	14	14	16	17	14	17	19	16
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	13	11	17	16	13	21	16	8	22	18	11	17	18	15	20	19	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	10	9	13	13	8	12	7	8	12	16	11	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	10	13	18	16	16	16	17	18	14	11	16	14	15	15	15	13	13	16	13	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	4	3	-	9	6	-	6	7	5	7	8	9	10	-	-	10	-	-	7	-	10	10

	Sunday 01				Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	363	330	539	509	566	513	520	520	299	279	513	761	684	237	222	567	221	294	274	565	525	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:27PM 1.89			9:59AM 1.85								9:18AM 2.10					10:33PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			4:48PM -0.25			3:46AM 1.00								2:33AM 0.16				3:06PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	13	13	13	12	14	14	15	18	14	14	14	14	16	15	17	16	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	12	12	12	11	14	14	15	18	13	13	13	14	16	15	17	16	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	12	16	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	7	7

	Sunday 01													Monday 02
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	13	13	10	10	10
Energy(?)	405	384	577	531	471	282	282	335	219	125	117	200	195	179	157	310	223	109	193	275	314	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:45PM 1.37	9:36PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)						3:54PM 0.19											2:22AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	21	12	12	18	17	12	16	18	19	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	21	10	11	18	17	10	14	18	19	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	9	8	8	5	8	13	12	5	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.9 NW	1.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4

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