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

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tue
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	19	9	18	16	9	9	9	9	10	9	14	14	8	6	7	8	8	13	7	7	17
Energy(?)	809	375	415	322	380	437	440	538	383	486	549	168	233	191	147	183	233	485	56	317	381	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.58	3:11AM 1.42		4:28PM 1.67	4:54AM 1.53		5:51PM 2.17	3:36AM 0.93		4:00PM 1.60		7:00AM 1.31	5:59PM 2.15		7:08AM 0.94	5:59PM 1.81		8:11AM 1.03		9:11PM 2.95	11:35AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	8:55AM -0.02		9:34PM 0.64	10:04AM 0.69		11:15PM 0.48	10:52AM 0.37		10:05PM 0.45	8:56AM 0.51		1:10AM 0.55	11:05AM 1.08		1:47AM 0.33	11:17AM 0.73		1:46AM 0.20	12:29PM 0.73	2:58PM 1.61	4:41AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	14	15	20	14	15	14	14	14	16	19	20	15	15	18	20	17	15	17	14	20
Low °C	14	19	11	13	20	12	13	14	13	13	15	17	18	15	13	15	20	13	14	16	12	19
Chill °C (?)	14	20	13	15	20	14	14	14	13	14	15	19	20	14	14	18	20	16	14	17	14	20
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	19	9	10	16	9	9	9	9	10	9	14	14	14	13	7	8	13	13	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	14	19	18	13	18	16	16	16	15	15	4	10	10	9	13	13	19	15	15	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	8	6	7	8	8	5	7	7	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	18	18	18	10	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9
Energy(?)	900	1300	1343	974	1154	1050	943	853	329	418	443	275	433	498	385	371	366	362	362	440	440	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 1.60				4:12PM 1.94			12:43AM 1.34					3:39PM 1.88			1:54AM 1.11	2:08AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				9:26AM 0.49				10:25PM 0.70			7:29AM 0.17	9:29AM 0.62				8:28PM 0.57				10:51AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	13	15	14	15	13	12	17	17	18	15	16	15	14	18	18	18	19	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	15	13	14	13	12	17	17	18	15	16	15	14	18	18	18	19	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	15	20	9	18	18	18	10	10	17	9	16	16	16	16	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	15	20	15	20	13	13	13	9	17	9	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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