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 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Burnout CAL - LA County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	2	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	2.0 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW
Period(s)	12	6	11	8	8	14	20	9	8	18	11	9	11	7	10	8	9	15	8	13	17	9
Energy	751	386	287	204	766	293	271	779	822	446	988	1072	1082	951	813	717	1344	573	1374	603	195	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:51PM 1.51	2:16AM 1.76		6:47PM 2.12	4:46AM 1.57		6:31PM 0.28			7:05PM 1.22		7:20AM 2.09	6:59PM 1.79	8:36PM 1.76	7:13AM 1.11	7:50PM 1.49		8:17AM 1.12			8:04AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	9:38AM 0.47		8:39PM 1.47	11:20AM 0.71		11:27PM 1.07	12:13PM 0.12		11:57PM 0.80	12:00PM 0.11		1:04AM 1.17	1:49PM 0.91		2:57AM 0.51	1:16PM 0.23		2:26AM 0.23	1:51PM 0.33	3:22PM 1.09	2:33AM -0.08	1:25PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	21	16	21	20	13	18	21	12	19	20	17	19	14	18	22	17	15	16	18	19	14
Low °C	11	20	10	18	20	12	16	21	11	17	19	16	16	14	15	18	17	13	15	18	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	21	16	21	20	11	18	21	10	19	20	16	19	13	18	22	17	14	16	18	19	14
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	1.8 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	14	11	8	17	14	8	16	12	8	11	9	11	10	10	8	11	9	8	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	7	18	13	11	13	9	16	14	19	18	18	16	7	16	16	11	15	11	12	13	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	2.0 NNW	-	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	-	8	4	-	9	8	-	8	7	7	7	-	-	9	-	8	-	3	-

	Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	11	16	8	10	8	8	8	8	11	9	20
Energy	659	569	548	666	590	660	617	1028	1028	790	675	273	412	367	620	1709	1251	1103	1096	625	310	424
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 1.84						5:40PM 1.41			2:07AM 1.29					6:36PM 1.44			3:20AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)				10:30AM 0.63								10:35AM 0.51	11:20AM 0.71			10:02PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	16	13	14	12	10	13	14	14	16	18	14	23	12	15	15	15	17	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	12	13	12	9	12	14	13	16	18	13	23	10	14	14	14	17	14	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	11	10	18	15	8	8	8	8	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	11	13	16	13	13	18	18	19	20	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	8	8	8	8	5	-	-

	Thursday 07
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	14
Energy	604	598	659	783	835	802	826	394	483	505	428	372	661	137	745	484	1022	1022	1022	566	142	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:25AM 1.84	2:56AM 2.47															5:41PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)											9:27AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	14	17	18	19	19	13	23	12	20	19	18	18	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	17	18	19	19	12	23	12	20	18	17	17	11	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	11	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	14	7	7	13	13	6	14	14	7	14	7	14	18	18	18	7	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 W	-	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	6	12	12	12	-	6	-

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