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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: California Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, California Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, California Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, California Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: California Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: California Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, California Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, California Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, California Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

California Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			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	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	14	16	6	8	12	9	9	10	8	9	10	10	9	15	15	6	7	8	13	13
Energy(?)	302	689	457	171	575	388	274	1139	917	1477	1560	1887	478	362	511	366	254	172	303	506	4980	3919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 1.93	8:45AM 1.25						9:57AM 0.48		9:29PM 1.81	9:49AM 1.78		10:37PM 1.80	12:04PM 1.17		1:01AM 2.57		2:14PM 1.30	10:44PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 0.14	4:21AM 0.61		4:21PM 0.16			3:26PM 0.20			3:18PM 0.67	4:13AM -0.25		4:30PM 0.27		5:38AM -0.29	5:02PM 0.38		7:20AM -0.43	6:45PM 0.63		8:45AM -0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	18	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	15	1
High °C	13	17	13	18	16	9	11	10	8	7	11	16	18	17	11	12	10	12	11	12	11	11
Low °C	11	15	10	15	15	8	10	10	6	7	10	15	15	16	8	9	10	10	11	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	16	11	18	15	5	11	7	5	6	8	14	18	16	9	11	8	11	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:44	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	9	14	10	7	16	8	7	14	9	10	14	13	10	13	16	9	15	6	14	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	18	6	16	13	12	12	12	14	15	18	17	14	16	11	15	8	8	12	14	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.8 WNW	1.7 SSW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	-	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	1.4 WSW	-	1.9 S	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	-	6	16	-	9	-	-	8	9	-	10	9	-	2	2	7	-	6	-

	Monday 13						Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	State Line Oregon South	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Calafia Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	7	16	13	7	7	7	7	9	14	10	15	10
Energy(?)	1009	557	411	314	648	1031	1061	892	1029	902	301	204	283	600	673	507	553	1141	325	680	234	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:06AM 1.68								8:13AM 0.48				9:18PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				2:17PM 0.06				2:54AM 0.37				2:16PM 0.05				3:22AM 0.19				4:13PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	11	16	9	8	10	10	12	16	19	18	16	12	11	10	11	8	11	11	16	6
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	15	6	6	8	9	11	15	19	18	15	11	10	9	11	5	11	11	16	4
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	14	15	9	9	8	9	9	7	7	7	13	7	7	7	9	8	14	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	18	15	14	14	14	14	16	13	16	13	16	13	14	14	16	14	12	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	7	4	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	-	10

	Monday 13																		Tuesday 14
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	State Line Oregon South	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Calafia Baja Norte	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	14	14	14	6	6	14	6	8	8	8	14	8
Energy(?)	1075	577	392	340	571	633	628	533	574	697	166	138	324	518	537	514	565	326	722	729	353	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)					9:06AM 1.68											8:48PM 1.31		10:24PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:39AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	9	12	10	13	15	15	17	15	18	18	16	14	12	12	11	7	9	8	15	7
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	12	9	12	14	14	16	13	17	17	15	12	10	10	9	5	8	7	15	6
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	18	18	18	14	18	18	18	18	15	18	18	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	-	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	5	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	8	8	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None