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

	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Gray Whale Cove CAL - San Mateo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	14	15
Energy(?)	7372	5591	3170	2043	1258	1204	1152	2563	3760	2136	1227	1697	1684	1377	1473	826	879	997	888	909	2002	4832
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:15PM 1.56	1:52AM 1.87		2:01PM 0.90	2:31AM 1.85		2:35PM 1.08	1:34AM 1.69			3:41AM 1.36			9:02PM 1.13	4:49AM 1.53		9:26PM 1.20	5:50AM 1.57		9:03PM 1.00	6:46AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			7:11PM 0.79	8:27AM 0.42		7:40PM 0.97	9:56AM 0.79	6:02PM 1.02		10:19AM 0.82			12:04PM 0.27		11:18PM 1.09	1:00PM 0.17		12:32AM 1.09		1:46PM 0.06	12:45AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5
High °C	18	16	16	19	19	14	18	11	10	15	18	13	11	16	10	15	11	8	13	16	8	7
Low °C	17	16	15	16	16	13	16	10	9	13	16	10	10	16	10	11	10	6	10	12	8	7
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	19	19	14	18	9	9	15	18	13	11	16	9	15	9	6	12	15	7	4
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	12	16	16	18	16	16	14	14	14	10	6	18	16	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-

	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	7663	7399	7402	6788	6821	6590	6066	6204	5377	5244	4138	1843	1714	1258	1113	1113	1204	1174	1188	1152	1183	1103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:17AM 1.87			12:53PM 1.09	1:15PM 1.56			12:04AM 1.77					2:23PM 0.98				2:23AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				7:17AM 0.43							6:49AM 0.88	7:44AM 0.43				7:33PM 0.65				9:42AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	17	18	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	21	19	19	16	14	14	13	13	16	21	20
Chill °C (?)	12	17	17	18	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	21	19	19	16	14	14	13	13	16	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W
Period (s)	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	17	17	16	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	3

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	14	14	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15
Energy(?)	6614	6004	6004	3640	5960	7399	7149	3877	2382	2672	2837	4244	6172	6030	5901	5576	5505	5434	5060	5027	5498	4609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:02AM 1.40												1:16PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)																					6:51PM 0.34	7:03PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	16	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	17	18	18	14	18	18	17	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.7 W	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	13	13	18	16	13	13	18	18	18	18	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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