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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	9	8	15	15	15	10	8	9	10	9	8	9	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	137	127	256	252	212	234	167	2039	958	1381	2279	1615	1276	1042	632	596	567	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:19AM	7:58PM		9:05AM		11:01PM	12:33PM		11:31PM 9:57PM	1:23PM		10:33PM			11:51PM	1:59PM
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32PM	2:16AM	1:36PM 1:05PM		2:58AM		2:10PM		5:57AM	5:38PM		6:43AM	4:29PM		7:33AM	5:02PM		6:55AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	12	13	15	22	15	11	16	21	12	15	11	17	19	17	15	22
Low °C	16	14	12	13	14	19	15	11	11	18	9	10	11	14	13	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	15	12	13	14	22	14	8	16	21	9	15	8	16	19	17	14	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	7:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	9	8	15	15	8	10	14	14	13	18	18	13	9	12	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	9	16	15	15	16	20	19	13	13	14	16	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	8	9	10	9	8	9	-	7	8	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	8	8	8	15	15	12	15	15	15
Energy(?)	113	137	134	127	127	124	122	256	207	252	246	210	212	212	220	234	161	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	ebb	flow	high	ebb	ebb	low	flow	flow	ebb	ebb	flow	high	ebb	low	low	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:31PM 2.08									10:30PM 2.11				10:37AM 1.54	11:18AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)						2:21AM 0.01				4:21PM 0.59				4:11AM 0.35	5:44AM -0.05			3:41PM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	12	14	13	12	11	14	15	13	22	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	12	14	13	12	10	13	15	12	22	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	8	8	8	15	15	8	15	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	11	13	11	11	13	11	13	13	10	9	4	15	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	12	7	2	-

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