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

	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	California Trailer Park Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 S	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	13	11	12	12	17	11	11	16	9	11	8	9	9	9	19	18	18	18	16
Energy(?)	1226	787	1754	1674	1085	2050	1662	556	1258	1678	558	582	799	510	1016	860	1071	1099	506	731	427	675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 1.45		6:48PM 1.32				9:39PM 4:57AM 1.15 1.41			9:47PM 1.17	7:27AM 2.24		10:20PM 1.95	8:32AM 2.30		9:41PM 1.57	8:11AM 1.48		9:27PM 1.62	8:57AM 1.99		10:18PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.29		10:41PM 1.16	12:04PM 0.26		12:07AM 1.10	1:10PM 0.18		1:16AM 1.03		3:09PM 0.68	2:49AM 1.62		3:03PM -0.07	2:21AM 1.19		3:16PM -0.12	2:32AM 1.00		3:50PM 0.37	3:46AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	12	10	7	21	19	18	28	24	13	21	22	12	17	21	15	15	16	22	23	24	21
Low °C	6	9	9	6	15	18	16	23	23	8	15	20	10	12	20	15	15	15	19	21	24	20
Chill °C (?)	3	12	7	4	21	19	18	28	24	12	21	22	10	17	21	14	15	16	22	23	24	21
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 S	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	0.6 S	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	13	11	19	12	17	18	10	8	16	11	8	14	9	9	9	9	8	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	14	14	20	18	19	11	15	18	16	14	16	15	22	13	20	19	18	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	9	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2318	2553	1971	1784	2397	1807	854	965	2578	2168	1674	1536	1410	1245	2212	3048	2658	1243	3733	1427	1430	1314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:12AM 1.92									5:05AM 2.25					9:32PM 0.94			5:19AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)															1:08PM 0.22			10:38PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	6	7	9	9	18	18	13	11	6	6	6	11	22	25	19	17	18	18	18	23
Chill °C (?)	12	11	3	5	9	8	18	18	12	11	4	4	4	11	22	25	19	17	18	18	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	0.2 S	0.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	13	12	10	12	11	14	9	10	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	13	14	22	22	22	14	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	-	13	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	7	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	794	869	854	703	2415	1584	851	924	2696	2696	1755	1929	1870	1696	618	2479	2006	757	1132	1592	1592	1563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:55AM 1.45		4:13AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)																			11:02AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	8	7	11	6	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	10	14	13	14	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	4	3	11	2	10	10	10	10	2	2	3	3	10	13	13	14	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	2.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	1.0 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	12	16	16	11	14	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	-	7	7	10	7	-	-	10	10	8	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10

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