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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	24	24	20	19	19	9	17	16	16	16
Energy	1502	1678	3294	3712	1794	4169	1622	1434	1293	1991	951	1013	951	1065	1387	1530	1362	2725	1158	1667	1176	1229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:01PM 1.47	1:44AM 1.75		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:35PM 1.74	3:56AM 1.07		7:14PM 1.92	4:19AM 1.01		6:22PM 1.50		6:21AM 0.95	6:56PM 2.08		9:09AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30AM -0.11	7:20PM 1.05		10:11AM -0.07	7:31PM 1.37	8:23PM 1.39	8:57AM -0.02		9:29PM 0.91	11:39AM 0.05		11:04PM 0.79	11:20AM 0.73		11:03PM 0.60	10:54AM 0.76		1:14AM 0.26	11:45AM 0.43		1:04AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	22	16	16	16	16	18	21	14	13	20	14	12	13	17	17	16	14	16	23	18	18
Low °C	12	21	11	13	16	15	13	20	11	11	18	12	11	13	16	16	15	11	16	22	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	22	16	15	16	16	18	21	12	12	20	12	10	12	17	17	14	12	16	23	18	18
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	19	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	9	15	14	8	8	20	19	19	9	8	16	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	19	16	18	18	17	16	12	16	16	16	26	24	14	14	7	13	13	18	17	16	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	-	-	-	7	8	9	-	9	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Exiles CAL - LA County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	10	9
Energy	1798	1502	701	1678	1749	3424	3294	3368	4331	3712	962	1794	1631	3880	4169	4329	4039	1622	404	1434	702	1610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:49PM 1.15			1:03AM 1.41					4:01PM 1.47			1:44AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	7:39AM -0.14	9:30AM -0.11			7:20PM 1.05					10:11AM -0.07			6:57PM 0.13	8:41PM 1.41				8:57AM -0.02				9:29PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	20	22	16	13	12	18	14	16	19	16	13	12	16	15	14	18	18	20	17	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	20	22	16	13	12	18	13	15	19	15	13	12	16	15	14	18	18	20	17	12
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	19	19	17	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	18	19	12	16	20	16	18	18	18	18	12	17	17	17	16	16	16	12	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	10	9

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	8	18	10	19	19	10	9	9	10	10	19	10	10	9	10	18	18	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1247	1583	1798	1931	1968	1502	2514	2388	701	1452	881	1678	1600	2244	1749	1058	1048	3424	3370	3549	3419	3294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																					1:02AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			7:39AM -0.14												7:20PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	15	15	14	14	20	21	16	22	21	15	16	17	17	13	12	20	19	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	15	14	13	13	20	21	16	22	21	14	16	17	17	13	12	20	19	11
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	19	19	10	19	19	19	16	17	18	18	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	12	19	11	16	16	19	20	11	11	16	17	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	-	-	10	10	9	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	10

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