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

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	9	9	8	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 S	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	13	12	11	16	16	15	7	14	16	16	15	14	14	11
Energy(?)	1961	1541	1432	792	973	531	1148	1972	1600	692	348	527	454	1127	1336	2270	5535	4357	9190	7254	5037	1731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 1.93		2:09AM 1.58	12:10PM 2.18		3:22AM 1.61			3:47AM 1.45		2:32PM 1.84		6:01AM 1.80	5:01PM 1.73		6:52AM 2.33	6:25PM 1.62		6:31AM 1.91	6:28PM 1.56		7:20AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30PM -0.36		6:05AM 1.33		7:58PM 0.11	7:26AM 1.37		8:09PM 0.28	7:52AM 1.28		10:01PM 0.35	11:38AM 0.98		11:58PM 0.15	12:56PM 1.28		11:42PM 0.60	12:53PM 0.87		12:25AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	25	4	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	18	25	18	24	27	25	24	21	20	16	16	19	16	10	10	12	13	12	16	16
Low °C	22	21	18	24	17	24	27	23	22	21	17	16	16	18	15	9	10	11	12	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	25	18	24	27	25	24	21	20	16	16	19	14	7	10	9	12	12	15	16
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	13	12	10	10	6	15	16	14	16	16	15	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	19	18	18	12	12	15	15	15	10	11	16	9	11	14	14	9	8	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 08	Sunday 09	Monday 10
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	12	13
Energy(?)	1107	1041	1699	1541	1371	1222	1063	1238	1185	1101	646	571	1207	1345	1300	1052	1407	1148	1298	1972	1035	1116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:14AM 2.32								12:10PM 2.18					3:56AM 2.18				1:15PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	5:08AM 1.01				6:56PM 0.00				4:26AM 1.17					8:55PM -0.33				7:26AM 1.37				8:37PM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	22	21	22	22	23	18	18	18	24	25	17	16	16	15	16	27	27	25	22	22
Chill °C (?)	14	19	22	21	22	22	23	18	18	18	24	25	17	16	16	15	16	27	27	25	22	22
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	19	19	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1259	1241	2217	1959	1961	1961	1799	2295	2230	2059	1541	1541	1395	1315	1309	1109	1066	1222	1065	1079	507	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08AM 1.01														7:55PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	19	21	22	22	18	18	18	22	21	15	15	15	15	15	22	23	23	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	18	19	21	22	22	18	18	18	22	21	15	15	15	15	15	22	23	23	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	19	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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