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

	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	13	13	15	13	14	14	12	10	18	16	17	16
Energy(?)	445	492	402	477	394	480	538	425	433	339	256	203	346	219	243	230	121	103	365	542	274	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:06PM 2.03		10:18AM 1.26			9:58AM 1.56	7:27PM 1.75		9:17AM 1.65		9:06PM 2.12	10:39AM 1.73		8:43PM 1.86	9:33AM 1.54		11:45PM 1.94	12:56PM 2.74		10:05PM 1.72	10:32AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05AM 0.12		2:20PM 0.96	3:01AM -0.03			2:29AM 0.19		4:14PM 0.79	4:08AM 0.24		2:42PM 0.40	3:28AM -0.12		3:45PM 0.25		6:37AM 0.46	4:04PM 0.52	4:25AM 0.06		6:07PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	15	26	23	17	26	14	16	24	15	17	22	19	22	23	21	18	22	20	18	18
Low °C	20	22	14	26	22	15	25	13	15	24	14	14	21	19	20	22	20	16	20	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	21	22	15	26	23	17	26	14	16	24	13	17	22	19	22	23	21	18	22	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	16	6	15	6	14	13	13	8	15	13	14	14	6	10	14	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 NW	0.1 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	7	5	6	10	6	16	18	15	6	16	9	13	6	6	7	11	12	7	18	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	6	-	3

	Tuesday 02				Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	478	542	612	573	520	586	502	508	357	541	637	545	532	543	510	512	533	453	532	572	517	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:35PM 1.63					8:28AM 1.49			7:32PM 2.00					8:56AM 1.36			7:23PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:56PM 1.49					2:30AM 0.39			12:51PM 1.25	2:25PM 1.04				2:03AM -0.02				3:55PM 1.60				3:32AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	16	17	16	23	25	24	16	18	17	23	23	24	25	15	17	22	22	22	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	16	17	16	23	25	24	16	18	17	23	23	24	25	15	17	22	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	7	7	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	7	6	6	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	8	15	15	6	7	5	9	5	15	7	16	6	6	6	6	16	16	14	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	7	7	-	6	5	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02												Wednesday 03
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	472	555	621	621	475	436	530	397	328	506	344	344	446	447	447	335	401	291	550	501	502	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)							6:00PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			1:17PM 1.02												1:33AM 0.08		3:05AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	21	21	20	20	24	22	21	16	17	17	22	22	22	22	15	15	22	23	23	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	21	21	20	20	24	22	21	16	17	17	22	22	22	22	15	14	22	23	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	7	7	15	15	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	9	18	18	7	15	18	4	10	8	14	14	5	5	5	10	14	8	5	5	5	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	-	-	4	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	9

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