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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Simeon Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	5	2	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	18	18	16	14	14	14	14	9	10	10	11	19	18	18	17	16	16	8	15	15	8	19
Energy	2736	1113	2102	4277	875	1251	221	1029	2166	2880	1697	1185	775	1031	1576	895	716	1836	678	859	1779	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 2.03		8:57PM 2.12	11:52AM 1.26		9:19PM 1.71	10:39AM 0.98		10:04PM 1.61	1:15PM 1.28		10:35PM 1.61	12:25PM 1.43	2:03PM 1.30	10:27PM 0.99		2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61		3:24PM 1.19	12:09AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 0.66	4:18AM 0.30	5:13AM -0.21	4:43PM 0.82	4:50AM -0.18		4:02PM 1.25		6:08AM -0.19	4:25PM 1.27		5:31AM 0.23	6:19PM 0.92		7:18AM -0.19	6:56PM 0.95		7:40AM 0.28	7:20PM 0.92		7:18AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	15	13	14	16	21	16	16	25	16	24	14	14	15	13	17	20	14	19	16
Low °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	19	9	12	24	13	22	14	13	13	13	16	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	14	12	12	16	21	15	16	25	16	24	13	14	14	12	16	20	13	18	15
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W
Period (s)	9	10	16	14	14	14	7	13	10	11	20	10	10	18	10	16	16	8	15	15	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NNW	1.1 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	18	10	14	14	6	14	14	22	21	16	19	18	8	17	15	22	16	19	12	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	0.2 ESE	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	9	6	2	9	10	10	11	-	-	10	10	9	6	8	8	5	8	-

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	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	9	19	18	18	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	8	14	8	8	14	13	9
Energy	3247	2249	3308	2736	1718	1113	2076	3013	2102	1070	2030	4277	530	875	852	1702	1251	1105	1132	221	848	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)								10:44PM 2.21								10:22PM 1.77				10:39AM 0.98	11:53AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 0.50	5:09AM 0.01			2:30PM 0.66				4:16AM -0.20				4:43PM 0.82								4:02PM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	14	12	13	13	12	13	12	14	15	19	13	15	10	13	8	12	16	19	21
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	13	12	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	19	12	15	8	12	7	12	16	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	13	14	8	8	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	20	19	18	18	19	18	18	8	10	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	6	13	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.9 NW	0.2 ESE	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	9	9	8	6	-	8	2	9	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW
Period(s)	11	10	9	9	9	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Energy	1802	3016	3247	3148	3054	2249	3082	3197	3308	2620	2556	2736	1985	1738	1718	1022	1159	1113	1197	1259	2076	1171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						8:52PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)						4:46AM 0.50	5:09AM 0.01									2:30PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	16	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	16	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	14	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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