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

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	10	8	10	10	10	9	11	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	560	552	518	571	768	576	3365	1072	1163	964	772	489	529	452	638	1020	358	655	576	615	611	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	glass	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:41PM 1.68		7:59AM 1.66	7:47PM 2.04		8:12AM 1.40	7:36PM 1.76		9:58AM 1.77		10:26PM 1.75	9:07AM 1.87		11:34PM 2.48	11:45AM 1.66		12:44AM 1.53	10:20AM 1.58		11:40PM 1.76	1:27PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 0.84		2:12AM 0.26	12:58PM 1.06		1:55AM -0.09	1:43PM 0.52		2:27AM -0.08		2:19PM 0.75	4:50AM 0.07		5:44PM 0.42		5:22AM 0.17	5:40PM 0.34			6:36PM 0.25		7:15AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	23	21	18	15	18	19	15	18	19	14	16	16	16	20	25	18	19	18	14	19
Low °C	23	24	22	18	18	14	14	18	14	16	18	14	14	15	16	17	24	16	17	18	14	16
Chill °C (?)	25	25	23	21	18	14	18	19	15	18	19	14	16	16	16	20	25	18	19	18	13	19
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	17	16	16	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	11	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	12	9	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	14	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	6	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	4.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	7	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	594	599	622	562	547	530	577	564	582	518	442	570	569	1108	1190	1844	2165	1012	219	1372	1241	3104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:19AM 1.19	8:24AM 1.23			6:45PM 2.02				7:46AM 1.30	9:00AM 1.64			6:52PM 2.04	9:04PM 2.02								10:21PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				12:57PM 1.04	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				3:43PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	24	15	14	13	14	15	20	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	22	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	24	15	14	12	14	14	20	17	16	14
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	18	18	9	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	8	15	11	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	18	9	17	16	12	16	12	8	9	16	11	16	15	15	15	15	8	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	9	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16																		Wednesday 17
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	16	18	16	11	11	18	18	17	16	18	16	17
Energy(?)	614	621	727	571	663	519	509	671	664	543	643	535	635	640	466	541	645	387	93	588	508	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													5:56PM 1.97		7:50PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)								12:02PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	22	25	24	25	26	26	25	23	24	21	23	16	17	15	15	17	20	18	23	14
Chill °C (?)	22	19	22	25	24	25	26	26	25	23	24	21	23	16	17	15	15	17	20	18	23	14
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	18	10	10	17	9	18	17	17	17	18	16	18	16	11	11	11	11	17	16	11	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	18	18	13	18	13	13	13	13	9	9	12	9	18	18	18	18	8	4	18	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6

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