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

	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	11	12	12	11	14	10	13	11	8	10	10	10	15	9	16	16	14	15	13	12	13
Energy(?)	602	786	170	1252	429	645	969	1279	1622	544	817	632	616	200	312	453	515	491	553	494	386	406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:28PM 2.18	2:18AM 2.83		4:25PM 1.19	1:56AM 2.13		5:03PM 1.48	4:18AM 2.52		5:33PM 1.53			6:50PM 1.67		5:31AM 1.77	7:08PM 0.48		8:18AM 2.19		9:28PM 1.85	8:04AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 1.42	9:39AM 0.11			10:17AM -0.31		10:28PM 1.58	11:42AM -0.19		12:07AM 0.89	12:00PM 0.33		12:00AM 1.17	12:33PM 0.39		12:37AM 0.48			3:42AM 0.42		3:33PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	18	16	13	11	15	10	11	17	10	12	13	11	13	13	11	11	15	10	11	15
Low °C	16	10	16	16	11	9	15	9	9	17	8	8	13	9	10	13	9	9	15	8	9	15
Chill °C (?)	14	9	18	15	12	10	14	10	10	16	7	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	14	10	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 S	1.9 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	11	12	12	11	8	18	13	11	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	16	14	15	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	13	15	12	6	14	15	7	13	15	12	12	12	11	13	16	8	8	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	19	10	11	11	11	11	10	18	14	18	14	10	13
Energy(?)	1605	1357	1165	1559	1444	1017	1094	537	540	376	540	1008	1175	1037	1031	703	575	719	992	1318	1084	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:28PM 2.18			12:57AM 2.24					2:23PM 1.37			1:22AM 2.09						5:19PM 1.56			4:18AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)								9:39AM 0.11								8:54AM -1.03				10:30PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	1	8	1	6	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	13	11	14	11	11	18	11	12	13	12	12	14	16	11	12	10	11	8
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	10	13	10	13	10	11	18	11	12	12	10	11	13	15	11	10	10	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	14	10	11	11	11	11	10	13	8	10	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	12	12	19	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	14	15	7	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 NW	-	1.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	3	-	10	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	0.9 NW	2.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	15	12	8	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1476	1605	1605	2018	599	1815	124	1184	1184	166	1325	1167	607	869	869	737	153	641	1206	629	861	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)														12:22AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	11	11	13	16	13	16	11	11	16	11	14	14	14	14	14	16	10	13	10	13	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	12	14	12	15	10	9	16	9	14	13	13	12	12	16	9	12	9	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	0.9 NW	2.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	15	12	8	12	12	12	12	13	8	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	16	13	6	15	7	7	6	16	6	6	6	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.3 W	0.9 S	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	5	6	4	-	-	4	6	-	3	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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