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

7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	State Line Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	18	16	15	7	13	9	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	19	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	315	201	246	547	543	515	653	1354	3682	3998	2103	3174	1027	1695	1433	600	546	1301	1520	1211	1286	1301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:15AM		5:02PM	1:26AM		6:45PM		5:10AM	6:00PM		6:56AM		8:32PM	7:52AM	3:24PM		11:46PM		12:59PM	12:30AM
Low Tide / height (m)	8:58AM	5:47PM		9:42AM			9:33AM		11:40PM	12:28PM		1:07AM			2:28AM			1:12AM		6:21AM		7:05PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	10	13	14	13	11	13	11	14	16	11	12	12	11	13	16	11	14	15	12	14
Low °C	10	15	8	10	13	12	10	13	9	10	14	11	11	12	11	12	16	9	13	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	12	14	12	8	11	8	14	16	8	11	11	11	12	15	10	12	14	10	14
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 W	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	8	16	15	7	13	18	10	11	16	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	1.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	11	18	8	11	16	8	12	16	16	19	15	18	18	15	16	19	19	15	15	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	1.7 NNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	9	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	13	6	6	-

	Thursday 01								Friday 02								Sat
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Frankport Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	8	14	13	13	18	18	17	19	16	16	15	14	14	7	18
Energy(?)	667	366	293	315	210	201	201	280	246	290	251	547	1718	543	651	668	515	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 1.95					2:11PM 1.41				2:58AM 2.68					5:34PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			7:00AM -0.25	8:41AM 0.05			5:45PM 1.25	9:16PM 1.61				10:24AM 0.21	11:14AM -0.26			10:18PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	13	12	15	15	14	10	8	8	14	13	12	13	11	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	13	13	10	15	14	14	10	8	8	14	12	9	13	9	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	8	8	13	13	18	8	8	13	16	19	15	14	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	20	5	5	14	10	11	11	14	18	17	19	8	13	11	10	19	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	9	7	-

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