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

	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Frankport Oregon South
Rating	6	4	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.9 SW	0.6 WNW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 W	3.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	9	8	9	7	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	10	8
Energy(?)	2510	3557	798	1308	177	591	157	292	3125	2386	2128	564	1980	430	762	489	296	357	331	425	162	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:26AM 2.29			12:34AM 1.58	12:59PM 1.19		1:04AM 2.01		3:23PM 1.06	1:12AM 1.98		3:24PM 1.22		4:11AM 2.23	6:17PM 1.80		5:00AM 2.61			5:05AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	6:55PM 0.09	7:02PM 0.10	7:29AM 0.82	5:45PM 0.26		6:42AM 0.24	6:16PM 0.46		7:53AM 0.20			9:24AM 0.55	6:55PM 1.11	9:44PM 0.85	11:45AM 0.02		10:26PM 1.51	12:45PM 0.52		9:54PM 0.80	12:47PM -0.13	1:28PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	2	-	17	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	12	6	9	12	12	10	12	13	16	14	16	14	14	8	16	17	8	21	11
Low °C	9	9	6	11	6	8	12	9	9	11	12	15	13	15	13	14	7	15	13	7	19	9
Chill °C (?)	6	5	8	10	2	7	9	10	7	10	11	16	12	16	13	13	7	16	17	7	21	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	15	10	11	9	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	11	15	14	8	12	13	13	15	13	13	13	-	12	12	11	8	8	8	15	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.9 SE	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	6	4	5	7	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19				Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 S	2.3 S	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	8	8	9	9	9	13	7	7
Energy(?)	3154	2447	1968	6239	5033	3875	1072	1534	827	531	1057	601	677	516	779	514	640	1002	75	59	292	1181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 2.08				12:05AM 1.50				11:39AM 1.29	1:06PM 1.32			11:47PM 1.92	2:04AM 2.16				2:15PM 2.22				1:41AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			6:59PM 0.58				5:50AM 0.32				5:20PM 0.62					8:12AM 0.71			5:41PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	5	8	8	7	7	10	11	10	11	9	9	6	6	8	11	10	11	15	9	11
Chill °C (?)	4	4	2	6	6	5	6	9	11	9	9	9	8	2	2	4	8	8	11	15	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 NW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	14	14	14	9	13	12	12	10	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	2.3 S	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	4	-	-	-	7	7

	Thursday 19													Friday 20
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	8	11	11
Energy(?)	2517	2831	2833	2368	2435	2510	2559	4039	2771	3698	3617	3843	3526	2170	2002	1418	1302	1003	911	1494	1072	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:40PM 2.65													1:13AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)								5:31PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	7	7	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	11	9	11	5	4	2	1	0	8	12	7	4
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	6	8	6	6	5	6	4	8	5	8	3	2	-1	-3	-4	5	10	6	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	0.2 SSW	2.1 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	10	10	10	15	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.5 W	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	11	11	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-

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