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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	504	750	598	2144	1203	1040	1153	698	628	456	416	645	802	961	928	686	636	722	1036	612	813	808
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 1.41	7:44PM 2.03		9:35AM 1.72		9:57PM 2.51	10:51AM 1.55		10:19PM 1.75	12:20PM 1.57		11:05PM 1.70	10:51AM 1.89		10:56PM 1.86	12:35PM 2.52		12:24AM 1.94	12:22PM 2.13		12:26AM 1.65	12:03PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			2:52AM 0.26		2:40PM 0.64	4:44AM 0.44		4:17PM 0.56	4:51AM 0.07	6:11AM 0.04	4:59PM 0.45			4:54PM 0.68		6:24AM 0.74	7:14PM 0.26		6:14AM 0.83	6:57PM 0.21		5:53AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	17	15	16	21	14	16	19	15	18	18	16	20	20	17	19	23	20	15	19	15	15
Low °C	21	17	14	14	19	14	14	19	14	14	17	16	17	19	14	15	22	18	13	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	23	16	14	16	21	14	16	19	15	18	18	16	20	20	16	19	23	20	14	19	15	15
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	16	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	14	17	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	537	509	521	527	529	1047	1393	1911	2203	1086	1722	1983	1241	1114	1006	1193	1428	720	676	910	684	634
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:00AM 1.64			7:42PM 1.70	8:59PM 2.49								8:40PM 2.04				10:42AM 1.95				9:28PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			1:51PM 1.14					3:34AM -0.05				3:29PM 0.69				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06			4:17PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	23	22	19	17	14	13	13	14	16	19	16	18	18	18	16	15	18	18	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	23	22	19	17	14	12	13	14	16	19	16	18	18	18	16	15	18	18	15	17	17
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	2.4 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	16	15	10	15	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	8	11	15	10	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	8	8	8	8	15	15
Energy(?)	526	441	441	486	496	437	500	843	843	370	720	750	527	408	400	581	1350	747	747	1252	558	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						10:05AM 2.13									7:47PM 2.04	8:59PM 2.49	9:20PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	20	21	23	16	17	17	17	16	21	17	18	18	18	14	15	17	17	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	22	20	21	23	15	16	16	16	15	21	16	18	18	18	14	15	16	16	13	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	16	10	8	9	10	15	15	7	12	15	15	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	17	12	12	8	11	13	16	13	13	16	16	16	15	10	10	8	16	12	12	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	10	10	6	7	7	4	4	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-

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