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

	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	11	11	11	18	10	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	13	6
Energy(?)	671	1503	420	1166	772	667	496	1432	2362	430	3961	1141	3710	1324	1101	823	581	644	966	445	251	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:58PM 1.27	2:02AM 1.82		3:50PM 1.08	2:18AM 1.70		5:50PM 1.95	3:20AM 2.02		6:58PM 1.47		6:00AM 2.09			6:05AM 1.96			8:04AM 1.61		10:20PM 2.38	9:41AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.73		9:28AM -0.16	7:36PM 0.88		9:35AM -0.09		8:45PM 1.31	11:25AM -0.12		11:49PM 1.11	1:39PM -0.05		11:15PM 0.01	1:35PM 0.30	2:32PM 0.46	12:41AM 1.05		3:45PM -0.06	3:53AM 1.33		3:45PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	17	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	20	21	24	11	13	17	11	11	9	21	15	17	21	20	22	23	15	14	17	10	22	10
Low °C	19	19	19	11	10	14	11	9	7	21	9	10	19	17	20	21	12	11	17	9	19	9
Chill °C (?)	20	21	24	10	12	17	8	9	9	21	14	17	21	20	22	23	15	14	17	10	22	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	9	11	11	11	6	10	11	16	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	21	13	13	20	14	18	11	12	17	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-	1.0 WNW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	6	6

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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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	11	11	11	8	12	11	8	11	10	11	10	17
Energy(?)	914	1092	1459	1302	1215	1124	1044	1103	527	1386	1038	1032	1019	700	1410	541	698	577	1093	1365	1201	675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 1.27			1:29AM 1.72					3:39PM 1.41									5:53PM 1.42			4:02AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			7:50PM 0.60					8:52AM 0.33				9:37PM 0.88				10:56AM 0.39				10:22PM 1.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	2	-
Temp. °C	15	15	9	14	14	14	9	27	26	23	10	10	13	19	20	15	17	15	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	7	14	14	14	7	27	26	23	10	10	12	19	20	14	17	15	9	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	9	8	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	7	12	11	8	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	21	21	21	13	13	13	13	13	19	19	19	19	19	11	18	18	18	18	18	10	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	2260	914	1434	604	612	671	861	874	815	1682	1537	1623	1623	560	917	1371	760	1169	670	974	957	1256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:24PM 1.15										12:58AM 0.85	1:22AM 2.15	2:43AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)								6:56PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	11	20	21	19	11	21	18	19	9	9	9	17	16	8	14	9	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	15	14	8	20	21	19	9	21	18	19	8	7	8	17	15	7	12	9	6	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	7	14	14	14	9	13	10	10	13	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	21	21	21	21	21	14	21	21	10	21	21	21	13	21	21	13	21	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-

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