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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 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s)	18	17	17	16	16	15	8	10	9	10	10	18	17	10	10	16	16	8	8	9	24	23
Energy	687	1499	525	553	1186	302	824	1109	2617	1678	3294	1748	1487	3436	1434	535	1158	790	948	1043	1039	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:09PM 2.09			11:31PM 1.61	1:29PM 1.42	2:11PM 1.40	1:52AM 2.49		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:33PM 1.60	1:44AM 1.75		5:08PM 1.66	2:49AM 1.17		6:09PM 1.40	3:56AM 1.07		6:35PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	4:11PM 1.22		7:55AM 0.29	4:21PM 0.79		6:26AM 0.33	5:23PM 1.30	8:11PM 1.62	8:52AM -0.18	7:20PM 1.05		8:41AM -0.05		8:23PM 1.39	9:01AM 0.49		10:07PM 0.90	12:03PM 0.06		11:04PM 0.79	11:20AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	16	15	18	16	18	29	12	14	23	15	18	21	17	15	21	14	11	15	14	16	12
Low °C	20	14	13	18	15	16	27	10	13	21	10	16	20	14	14	20	10	9	14	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	21	15	15	18	16	18	29	10	13	23	15	18	21	16	14	21	12	9	15	12	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	18	10	8	16	7	15	14	10	10	19	10	10	17	10	10	16	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	17	6	10	16	6	18	15	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	11	16	16	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	-	1.5 WNW	0.9 NNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	7	-	8	6	9	10	10	-	10	10	-	7	8	-	-	9	-	10

	Monday 01				Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thu
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Exiles CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	15	15	8	18	8	10	8
Energy	412	687	1231	1693	1499	1458	1067	525	424	553	666	628	1186	1207	1212	302	746	824	659	1381	1109	1174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:51AM 1.46				11:09PM 2.09				1:14PM 1.41			10:20PM 1.63	11:31PM 1.61					2:11PM 1.40			1:52AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		4:11PM 1.22	5:03PM 1.31				7:37AM -0.29			4:21PM 0.79	5:54PM 1.06				7:20AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	15	16	15	14	15	15	22	18	15	16	16	16	18	18	23	29	18	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	20	14	15	14	13	15	15	22	18	15	16	16	16	18	18	23	29	18	15	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	10	10	10	10	17	8	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	18	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	11	18	17	17	16	9	6	10	10	14	5	16	16	15	6	19	18	18	14	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	-	11	-	10	10	10	7	-	10	-	9	-	7	7	7	-	7	8	-	8	6	8

	Monday 01												Tuesday 02
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	10	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	8	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	16
Energy	549	547	412	1313	1627	687	1300	1146	1231	1692	1692	1693	1054	1101	1499	1483	1475	1458	1451	1443	1067	667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						4:11PM 1.22	5:56PM 0.87													6:51AM 0.24	7:37AM -0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	17	16	14	20	16	15	15	16	16	16	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	17	15	14	20	16	15	14	16	16	15	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	18	10	10	18	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	6	18	18	11	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	-

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