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

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	13	12	13	13	11	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	11	12	12	10	10	15	15
Energy(?)	742	1492	326	1800	1924	968	1436	1881	2727	1173	1470	1245	1709	698	819	381	612	297	410	409	2638	796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:17PM 2.73	3:27AM 2.30		2:14PM 2.50		4:19AM 2.33	3:18PM 2.24		4:19AM 1.82	3:21PM 1.55		5:00AM 1.89	5:54PM 1.48		5:35AM 1.95	6:17PM 1.36		6:07AM 2.00		8:15PM 1.26	6:38AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 0.11	8:37AM 1.45		9:20PM 0.32	9:52AM 1.41		9:08PM 0.44	10:17AM 1.12		10:32PM 0.27	11:34AM 0.95		11:45PM 1.01	12:35PM 0.78		11:21PM 0.94		2:04PM 0.36	1:04AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	18	14	16	19	20	15	14	21	21	16	20	19	16	15	14	15	15	14	13	18
Low °C	13	12	16	12	15	19	15	14	12	18	17	15	20	16	16	14	12	14	14	13	12	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	18	13	16	19	20	15	14	21	21	16	20	19	16	15	13	15	15	14	13	18
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	13	6	13	12	13	13	11	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	11	12	12	10	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	16	7	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	5	16	15	16	10	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9

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	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	14	12	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	592	742	880	1492	1658	1657	1631	1836	1049	1092	1102	1892	1100	3064	2467	1249	1634	1268	1599	3794	4406	1426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:17PM 2.73				3:27AM 2.30			12:56PM 1.97	1:42PM 1.77				3:32AM 1.76				2:49PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 1.46				8:30PM 0.11				7:19AM 1.28				9:23PM -0.13				8:47AM 1.23				9:08PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	13	12	12	12	12	18	21	22	13	18	16	14	19	19	22	23	19	14	21
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	13	12	12	12	12	18	21	22	12	18	16	14	19	19	22	23	19	13	21
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	14	12	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	16	16	15	11	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-

	Monday 08																			Tuesday 09
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	556	529	592	609	721	742	742	859	260	257	272	778	267	2028	1658	280	285	381	356	1132	1114	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				7:30AM 1.46												7:30PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	12	13	14	15	19	20	19	12	17	13	12	17	17	17	17	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	12	13	14	15	19	20	19	11	16	12	12	16	17	17	17	11	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	13	11	6	6	6	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	6

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