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

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	20	19	18	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	8	9
Energy(?)	461	786	1103	826	978	824	637	713	863	1037	1152	821	765	764	613	657	630	387	501	664	818	997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:46PM 1.58	8:11AM 1.47		9:46PM 1.16	8:52AM 1.52		11:23PM 1.31	9:42AM 2.00		10:38PM 1.84	10:17AM 1.49		9:36PM 2.01	9:49AM 1.51		11:31PM 2.06	12:10PM 1.78		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		2:17PM -0.82	3:52AM 0.97		2:18PM -0.15	2:55AM 0.54		2:39PM 0.27			3:15PM 0.30	4:27AM 0.74		4:48PM 0.50	3:42AM 0.44		5:12PM 0.17		6:00AM 0.46	5:49PM 0.77		5:19AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	16	25	17	21	25	24	15	17	17	15	18	18	18	19	19	24	25	22	22	18
Low °C	12	21	14	18	17	18	20	23	13	13	17	13	15	18	16	16	18	23	23	20	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	21	15	25	17	21	25	24	15	17	17	15	18	18	18	19	19	24	25	22	22	18
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 W
Period (s)	15	14	8	8	9	8	8	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	6	12	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 W	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	22	11	20	19	18	18	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	11	11	6	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	9

	Saturday 14						Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 SSW	1.7 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	22	8	8	20	8	20	9	8	19	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	675	917	890	566	506	1407	1314	710	1156	1112	1028	1007	1002	1059	1047	663	636	637	628	727	687	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:15AM 1.44					9:30PM 1.09				8:12AM 1.95				9:59PM 1.66				8:57AM 1.99				8:51PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				2:40PM 0.00								3:20PM 0.36			1:51AM 0.89					3:50PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	22	11	19	17	17	16	16	12	22	16	26	19	20	17	19	18	25	26	25	21	21
Chill °C (?)	12	22	10	19	17	17	16	16	12	22	16	26	19	20	17	19	18	25	26	25	21	21
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	15	14	14	8	8	20	8	7	9	8	8	8	18	18	8	8	8	8	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	13	21	9	14	14	9	20	9	20	20	19	18	9	13	18	18	18	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	10	8	-	8	8	-	8	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	14	15	15	22	6	8	9	22	8	8	22	22	8	8	8	8	20	20
Energy(?)	697	920	894	675	354	435	434	499	544	715	1003	729	738	921	579	506	524	930	949	1131	408	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:33AM 0.65														8:16PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)										2:50PM 0.40											1:22AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	11	13	20	20	20	20	18	20	16	25	20	17	16	17	14	15	14	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	15	10	13	20	20	20	20	17	20	15	25	20	16	16	17	14	14	12	12	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.8 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	8	14	8	8	14	14	14	9	14	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	8	15	15	8	22	22	14	10	22	12	14	9	22	12	12	11	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-

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