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

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Burnout CAL - LA County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	7	4	4	8	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	16	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	8	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	12	11	12	11
Energy	751	1068	693	432	590	657	214	535	1436	882	940	909	557	930	762	521	1708	3177	1240	3554	2541	4494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:06PM 1.44	8:37AM 1.47	7:59PM 1.44	9:17PM 1.82	7:44AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.61	9:49AM 1.12		10:08PM 1.32	9:50AM 1.56		9:17PM 1.94	10:40AM 1.56		9:18PM 2.53	11:33AM 1.12		10:45PM 2.44	1:14PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:40PM 0.16		3:51AM 0.39			3:58AM 0.20	1:19PM 0.73		3:14AM -0.08		2:39PM 0.50			3:06PM 0.53	4:24AM -0.41		4:07PM 0.75	4:38AM -0.08		4:43PM 1.17		6:19AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	10	15	18	14	17	21	16	18	23	12	18	21	17	21	17	17	20	24	14	16
Low °C	15	17	9	13	18	11	14	19	12	12	21	11	16	21	14	19	15	15	17	22	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	17	9	15	18	14	17	21	15	18	23	10	18	21	17	21	16	17	20	24	12	16
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	8	11	16	9	9	15	10	10	14	9	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	6	16	15	13	15	14	13	12	16	12	16	15	18	14	14	19	14	18	18	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	2.2 NW	-	1.7 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	11	-	-	5	8	-	10	8	-	9	-	-	9	9	12	11	12	11

	Monday 11						Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.7 W	3.0 NW
Period(s)	11	16	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	8
Energy	2146	785	762	839	1014	1486	1084	528	522	664	593	322	699	587	566	539	619	870	686	279	897	1823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:54AM 1.20				7:31PM 1.84	8:13PM 1.46			7:21AM 1.04	9:05AM 1.18			7:54PM 1.97					9:54AM 1.45				8:18PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)												2:37PM 0.33				2:27AM 0.14			1:24PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	13	17	15	11	13	12	13	11	12	15	14	13	12	11	16	12	15	19	12	15
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	17	15	11	13	12	13	10	10	15	13	12	12	11	15	11	14	19	12	14
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:59	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	6	11	7	14	14	14	13	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	2	-	8

	Monday 11	Tuesday 12
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	8	16	9	16	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	15	11	11
Energy	919	876	642	775	823	1611	1109	637	645	762	771	604	1019	1014	724	657	866	640	669	314	743	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:49AM 1.17												7:32PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)								12:28PM 0.17		2:42PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	10	16	16	14	18	17	18	13	13	17	17	16	13	12	15	13	13	19	12	14
Chill °C (?)	9	12	9	16	16	13	18	17	18	13	13	17	17	16	13	12	15	12	12	19	12	14
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	17	8	9	10	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	16	6	15	15	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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