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

	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wed
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.4 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	14	14	8	16	15	14	15	15	13	12	12	11	16	15	13	6	8	16
Energy(?)	816	686	744	935	766	1061	2114	1399	894	994	476	591	368	287	251	222	184	203	229	474	779	465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 2.01		12:39AM 1.67	11:54AM 1.43		1:29AM 1.46	12:47PM 1.27		12:22AM 1.78			3:23AM 1.79		4:51PM 1.39		4:15AM 1.85	6:05PM 1.05		4:06AM 1.69		7:12PM 1.33	5:25AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		4:39PM 0.27		6:05AM 0.72	5:14PM 0.41		7:02AM 0.62	5:39PM 0.55		8:26AM 0.93	6:23PM 0.70	8:31PM 0.43	9:46AM 0.79		10:13PM 0.64	11:34AM 0.21		10:03PM 0.79	11:51AM -0.01		10:31PM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
High °C	15	15	16	12	10	9	12	12	11	14	16	15	16	16	14	16	15	13	15	15	12	15
Low °C	15	13	13	12	9	8	10	10	11	12	15	15	15	15	12	15	14	11	12	13	11	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	12	8	9	11	11	11	14	15	14	16	16	14	16	15	13	15	14	10	15
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	14	8	8	8	8	14	15	15	13	12	12	11	10	10	13	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	16	16	18	16	11	14	13	16	12	7	12	8	12	15	18	18	16	15	9	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	8	-

	Wednesday 21						Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Sand spit CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	15	12	7	8	13	8	8	8	16	13	16
Energy(?)	1323	1021	1052	686	577	525	511	637	687	630	838	768	676	1183	1219	1016	1352	2114	583	1399	1121	1319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:42AM 2.07	10:51AM 2.01								10:35AM 1.82					2:18AM 1.65			12:44PM 1.21	1:42PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	5:17AM 1.14				4:47PM 0.29				4:28AM 0.95				6:43PM 0.46	8:17PM 0.01				8:01AM 0.63				7:13PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	16	13	14	15	15	15	14	11	14	9	8	9	8	10	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	16	12	14	15	15	15	14	9	13	9	8	9	7	10	13	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	14	11	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	15	12	14	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	14	15	17	14	11	16	18	18	18	17	13	13	16	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.7 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Sand spit CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	0.7 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	14	14	16	13	13	15	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1347	972	1094	819	530	816	807	808	756	1043	1277	850	890	563	543	674	685	676	517	723	744	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																					12:58AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	17	16	15	12	13	11	11	13	12	12	14	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	17	16	14	12	13	11	11	13	12	12	14	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	0.8 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	14	14	11	13	13	15	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	16	16	16	16	4	4	16	18	18	16	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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