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

	Tue		Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	8	7	8	9	8	7	9	11	8	16	12	10	9	9
Energy	638	516	613	414	645	651	935	482	187	705	1064	520	1119	999	900	1020	811	750	990	778	1026	1730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:22PM 1.23	2:17AM 2.57		4:44PM 1.47	1:25AM 1.84		5:51PM 1.51	1:37AM 1.73		6:35PM 1.44	4:18AM 1.31		6:53PM 1.63				8:07PM 2.31	7:15AM 1.98		8:57PM 1.88	7:13AM 1.11	7:50PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		8:30PM 1.68	8:45AM 0.42	7:19PM 1.43		9:38AM 0.47			11:20AM 0.71		10:56PM 0.93	12:10PM 0.72		12:52AM 1.60	12:00PM 0.11		2:03AM 1.49	1:45PM 0.85		3:07AM 0.62	1:16PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	12	17	11	14	20	11	22	21	14	21	21	15	18	20	16	18	16	14	17	14
Low °C	15	12	11	17	10	12	18	10	19	20	12	17	20	12	16	19	15	16	16	12	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	16	10	14	20	9	22	21	12	21	21	14	18	20	15	18	16	14	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	11	12	12	14	11	8	17	18	9	16	13	9	18	17	16	7	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	14	7	7	18	8	11	13	16	16	15	16	13	15	14	11	12	16	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	-	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	3	5	-	5	-	-	12	-	-	7	8	-	8	7	-	11	8	8	-	-	-	9

	Tuesday 05				Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Fri
	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	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian 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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7
Energy	417	578	576	515	528	538	536	439	888	597	859	648	663	651	512	651	599	521	560	512	846	679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:57PM 2.14			12:43AM 1.92					4:41PM 1.43			1:25AM 1.84	2:52AM 2.33					5:51PM 2.08			2:07AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)			6:33PM 1.38					8:14AM 0.46				9:11PM 1.67				10:29AM 0.59				10:24PM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	17	14	11	10	10	15	10	17	14	14	14	11	10	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	17	13	9	8	10	14	10	17	14	13	14	9	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	7	14	7	14	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	-	-	7	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Tuesday 05												Wednesday 06
	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	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian 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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	15	11	11	11	11	15	16	15
Energy	342	598	651	645	645	638	631	567	438	358	568	397	518	386	487	372	534	335	541	633	407	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					3:26PM 1.47											2:11AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)										8:23PM 1.03												8:31AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	12	11	11	11	13	11	13	11	10	11	10	10	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	15	14	15	15	13	11	10	10	11	12	11	13	10	10	11	10	10	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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