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

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	5	1	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	16	6	8	13	9	9	10	8	8	10	10	9	15	7	6	14	13	13	11
Energy(?)	302	492	622	188	575	542	235	1150	879	1535	1791	599	553	521	841	406	580	255	161	6899	3706	2113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:19AM 1.41		9:31PM 1.39	8:31AM 1.88		9:56PM 1.50			9:48PM 0.84	11:30AM 1.74			12:04PM 1.17		11:14PM 1.85	12:54PM 1.06	2:39PM 1.88	1:05AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)					4:38PM 0.10	3:31AM 0.15		3:26PM 0.20	4:09AM -0.06			4:34AM -0.90	5:10AM 0.26	3:48PM 0.33		5:38AM -0.29	4:59PM 0.52		6:26AM -0.34	7:41PM 0.83		8:21AM -0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	1	2	4	5
High °C	14	16	13	18	16	9	10	10	8	8	11	16	18	19	15	12	17	10	14	10	11	7
Low °C	11	15	10	15	15	8	9	10	7	7	10	14	14	18	11	9	15	7	13	10	10	7
Chill °C (?)	14	15	11	18	15	5	8	7	5	7	7	15	18	19	14	11	16	8	14	8	9	5
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	6	7	16	8	8	14	9	10	14	8	10	16	9	9	14	15	14	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.2 W	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	18	10	16	13	12	13	16	14	15	18	13	13	13	16	15	10	8	8	-	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	-	1.8 WNW	1.9 SSW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	2.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	9	6	-	6	6	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	10	9	-	7	6	4	13	13	-

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Latigo Point CAL - LA County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	9	9	10	9	9	8	16	12	7	7	14	7	9	14	10
Energy(?)	1260	1011	1009	666	464	314	269	1024	1026	559	1029	902	390	219	306	1020	627	502	517	1265	376	1436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:21AM 1.38				9:09PM 1.29				8:13AM 0.48				9:10PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)						2:17PM 0.06								2:16PM 0.05				3:22AM 0.19				4:33PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2
Temp. °C	11	11	12	13	13	16	15	11	10	14	12	15	16	18	10	11	11	10	11	9	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	13	12	15	14	10	9	14	11	14	15	18	10	9	10	9	11	6	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	9	9	10	9	9	16	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	18	18	14	14	13	14	16	13	16	12	13	13	14	14	16	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	2.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	9	9	-	9	9	8	4	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	10

	Monday 13
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Latigo Point CAL - LA County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.8 SSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1291	1206	1251	866	678	516	305	706	648	533	693	657	475	420	502	673	621	671	761	385	837	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									7:44AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)				2:58AM 0.63	3:55AM 0.39											2:20PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	9	11	11	12	10	11	16	15	14	15	16	11	15	15	15	15	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	11	11	11	10	11	16	15	13	15	15	8	14	13	13	14	8	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.8 SSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	9	9	10	10	10	9	14	9	14	14	14	14	8	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	15	10	15	15	14	15	14	14	18	14	18	18	18	18	15	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	9	10	10	-	8	9

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