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 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			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	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	12	10	12	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	10	12	14	10	10
Energy(?)	1632	2443	4395	4849	2205	894	961	1145	1497	369	4917	4048	1977	2396	1584	1667	1317	788	1348	585	493	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:23PM 1.61		7:34AM 2.43			7:16AM 1.58			7:42AM 1.64		8:26PM 1.54	6:51AM 1.99		9:16PM 1.55	8:13AM 2.10		9:23PM 1.50	8:39AM 2.10		11:53PM 2.14	9:09AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58AM 0.18		2:09PM 0.65	12:43AM 0.83		1:47PM 0.34	12:31AM 0.79		2:11PM 0.20	1:31AM 0.96		2:21PM 0.39	2:02AM 1.07		3:26PM 0.31	1:57AM 1.07		4:46PM -0.08			5:46PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	42	1	-	-	5	4	-	11	-	9	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	17	15	16	15	14	14	11	12	17	11	11	13	10	12	12	15	10	17	8	12	12
Low °C	13	15	14	16	14	14	14	10	12	16	10	11	11	10	12	11	13	10	16	6	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	16	15	16	15	14	14	11	10	17	9	10	12	10	12	11	14	10	16	6	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	8	16	14	14	12	10	12	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	16	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	16	7	10	14	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	1.8 WNW	1.4 S	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	12	5	5	-

	Thursday 13				Friday 14								Saturday 15								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	Marina CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	5	7	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1377	2609	4015	6918	5377	6255	6452	6035	3064	3297	3749	4213	3106	1627	1322	1112	1913	1683	2271	1245	1065	1118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:26PM 2.07				6:44AM 1.47				6:28PM 1.56				7:00AM 1.97					8:45PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 1.05	1:07PM 0.61			11:58PM 0.69								11:58PM 0.68					1:38PM 0.69			12:58AM 0.85	2:18AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	4	-
Temp. °C	17	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	12	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	13	13	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	11	11	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	11	11	10	14	12	14	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	8	8	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	14	7	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	-	-	-

	Thursday 13													Friday 14
	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	Marina CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	5	7	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	10	10	16	15	16	15	16	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1356	1969	3233	3909	1302	1851	2109	1426	930	1574	3028	1148	1895	4500	5174	5662	2287	4481	6201	2200	7553	1984
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)																					6:31AM 1.91	7:33AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			12:57PM 1.29	1:01PM 0.86										11:42PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	4	6	1	3	-	1	-	1	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	17	17	13	13	14	17	14	16	15	18	17	14	15	15	15	14	12	11	14	11
Chill °C (?)	18	13	16	16	11	11	13	16	13	16	15	17	16	14	15	15	15	14	10	10	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	7:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.8 SW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 SW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 SW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	9	14	14	8	15	16	15	8	8	14	15	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	15	18	16	16	7	7	8	16	16	8	7	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSE	-	1.6 S	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	5	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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