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 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.2 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NNW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	14	8	11	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	21
Energy(?)	1207	444	486	776	476	1752	895	999	462	622	696	560	427	419	602	679	652	448	332	172	454	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:30PM 1.61	3:12AM 2.10		5:02PM 1.46	2:37AM 1.95		5:33PM 1.50		5:24AM 1.35	7:31PM 1.40		5:46AM 1.33		9:08PM 1.86	8:20AM 1.65		8:27PM 1.93	9:42AM 1.76		8:47PM 1.97	9:30AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		9:13PM 0.91	8:30AM 0.32		8:25PM 1.35	9:56AM 0.36		11:27PM 1.41	1:01PM -0.09		12:26AM 1.20	12:52PM -0.08		2:49AM 0.79			2:35AM 0.84		3:01PM 0.15	3:13AM 0.65		4:33PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	11	13	11	14	11	18	9	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	15	14	16	14
Low °C	16	9	11	11	10	8	17	6	9	12	9	9	11	9	10	11	10	11	15	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	15	10	13	9	14	9	18	6	10	11	8	10	10	10	9	12	11	12	14	14	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	7:37	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.2 NNW	0.7 S	1.9 NNW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	10	7	14	8	11	16	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	12	10	9	14	13	11	12	12	11	15	14	16	8	8	8	8	8	5	7	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.9 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	11	18	18	15	9	9	10	10	13	13	13	14	14	11	13	13	7	11
Energy(?)	430	538	588	1267	1100	921	963	502	721	754	1109	1083	1088	1510	1252	512	880	1521	722	1011	634	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:27PM 1.56			1:22AM 2.09						5:19PM 1.56			4:32AM 2.12					6:56PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			5:38PM 1.19					10:18AM 0.19				8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	11:03AM 0.26			10:55PM 1.32	11:11PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	17	13	12	16	16	13	14	14	13	12	9	8	8	15	18	11	11	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	11	17	12	10	16	16	13	14	14	12	11	8	8	7	15	18	8	11	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 S	1.1 WNW	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	11	12	12	7	9	9	10	10	13	13	10	8	16	12	13	15	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	16	8	12	12	18	18	10	15	14	15	17	7	18	13	14	11	16	16	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.2 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	14	11	6	13	7	-

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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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	19	12	12	19	19	11	11	11	11	11	15	9	15	10	10	14	9	10	10	15
Energy(?)	489	549	523	1131	1208	505	500	516	659	649	938	409	499	533	589	414	481	659	420	614	386	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)					3:28PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)							5:45PM 1.21			8:52PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	17	16	16	18	18	12	12	11	12	12	9	8	8	12	11	8	8	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	10	16	15	15	18	18	10	10	9	12	11	8	6	6	12	11	6	6	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	19	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	14	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	12	14	12	12	8	8	6	6	6	12	6	15	15	15	12	12	8	15	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

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