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

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	12	11	9	16	15	14	9	9	14	15	12	12	9
Energy(?)	1759	1541	1432	792	961	518	1341	2181	1693	1207	354	460	1036	1116	1309	713	2850	2033	3177	2806	2197	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 2.50		2:23AM 1.33	12:12PM 1.82		3:56AM 2.18		1:15PM 2.01			1:32PM 1.71		5:18AM 1.75	3:55PM 1.70		6:53AM 1.87	6:25PM 1.62		6:31AM 1.91	6:37PM 1.15		7:00AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 0.04		6:11AM 1.08		8:53PM 0.12	7:26AM 1.37		9:01PM 0.23	7:52AM 1.28		9:16PM 0.37	10:41AM 1.22		11:58PM 0.15	12:58PM 0.81		12:20AM 0.26	12:53PM 0.87		12:23AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	3	1	9	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	18	25	18	22	27	26	24	24	22	16	16	18	18	17	14	14	16	15	14	15
Low °C	16	21	17	24	18	21	27	24	23	23	18	15	16	18	15	17	14	13	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	21	18	25	18	22	27	26	24	24	22	16	16	18	18	17	13	12	16	14	13	15
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 SW	1.6 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	14	12	10	9	9	15	14	9	15	9	15	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	19	18	18	12	16	15	15	15	14	11	18	16	6	8	14	15	14	8	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	15
Energy(?)	3167	3012	1107	1041	1699	1329	1371	1222	1063	1238	1185	1087	646	571	1047	1313	1367	1361	1059	1066	1514	2181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					11:14AM 2.32								12:10PM 2.18					3:48AM 1.41				1:15PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			5:08AM 1.01				6:56PM 0.00				4:26AM 1.17					8:55PM -0.33				7:37AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	15	20	22	16	21	22	22	18	18	18	24	25	18	17	16	19	24	24	27	26
Chill °C (?)	12	17	14	20	22	16	21	22	22	18	18	18	24	25	18	17	16	19	24	24	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	19	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	12	15	16	15	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12
Energy(?)	3123	3069	1304	1284	2563	2299	2262	2228	2217	2547	2588	2588	1799	1771	1625	1620	1505	1534	1371	717	1371	1243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:14AM 1.34										11:14AM 2.32	12:37PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)								5:03AM 1.26													6:56PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	15	15	17	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	23	22	15	14	14	14	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	15	17	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	23	22	15	14	14	14	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	19	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
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