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

	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	16	16	16	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	8	11	10	8
Energy(?)	692	222	586	554	629	651	610	1778	1990	992	845	688	390	360	474	694	885	1640	1358	919	859	1255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:19AM 1.19	6:45PM 2.02		7:46AM 1.30	7:47PM 2.04		10:43AM 2.24	7:36PM 1.76		8:37AM 1.48		8:18PM 2.07	9:16AM 1.92		11:12PM 1.70	10:42AM 1.52		12:22AM 1.95	12:16PM 1.69		12:22AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:27AM 0.31	12:02PM 0.84		2:12AM 0.26	12:59PM 0.67		1:53AM 0.22			2:27AM -0.08		2:21PM 0.40	2:51AM 0.29		4:09PM 0.77			5:39PM 0.34		5:50AM 0.30	6:19PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	26	23	21	20	19	19	16	15	18	18	16	17	18	19	21	20	19	21	20	16
Low °C	19	17	25	22	18	20	16	16	16	13	16	17	13	14	17	15	15	19	18	18	19	14
Chill °C (?)	21	21	26	23	21	20	19	19	15	15	18	18	15	17	18	19	21	20	19	21	20	15
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 S	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	6	16	16	10	16	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	13	9	14	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	19	8	12	16	16	15	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	18	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.9 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	11	10	8

	Mon		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	10	18	18	18	16	11	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	7	8	8	10	10
Energy(?)	724	551	692	563	594	659	630	511	523	573	577	572	582	464	567	722	529	1225	1137	2226	1956	1213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:19AM 1.19	8:28AM 1.58			5:54PM 1.65				7:58AM 1.63	8:04AM 1.68			7:42PM 1.70	8:38PM 1.77				10:09AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 0.29				12:00PM 1.21				1:18AM -0.07				1:51PM 1.14	2:32PM 0.83				3:33AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	21	23	25	24	21	22	23	23	23	21	22	22	21	17	17	14	15	14	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	23	25	24	21	22	23	23	23	21	22	22	21	17	17	13	15	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	19	18	10	8	18	9	16	11	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	10	15	7	11	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	19	10	13	18	13	18	12	16	16	12	9	12	11	16	10	12	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	7	8	8	-	-

	Monday 15	Tuesday 16
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	10	10	19	10	18	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	12	18	18	18
Energy(?)	707	508	796	776	466	751	546	364	615	608	606	614	619	634	636	626	599	600	322	552	565	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:22PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	19	20	22	20	22	16	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	25	22	18	21	17	23
Chill °C (?)	23	22	19	20	22	20	22	16	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	25	22	18	21	17	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	19	19	10	10	19	10	18	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	10	9	18	9	12	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	20	20	13	20	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	19	10	18	6	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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