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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thu
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	15	7	16	14	7	17	16	9	9	16	14	14	8	18	13	8	7	7
Energy(?)	514	294	437	416	334	479	392	350	465	469	306	1233	686	337	280	276	292	152	135	98	261	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:40AM	5:51PM		8:13AM	7:36PM		8:40AM	7:05PM		9:14AM	7:51PM	4:48PM	11:06AM	7:53PM	8:18PM	10:57AM		9:39PM		1:57PM	2:37AM
Low Tide / height (m)	10:55AM		1:05AM	11:53AM		2:00AM 10:59AM	12:23PM		2:49AM	12:43PM		2:20AM			4:03AM		3:19PM		5:58AM		9:49PM	6:46AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	23	15	18	20	18	16	18	18	21	22	13	17	16	15	18	13	22	24	24	21	20
Low °C	12	22	14	15	20	15	11	17	15	20	21	11	15	15	14	16	13	21	22	23	21	19
Chill °C (?)	16	23	13	18	20	17	15	18	17	21	22	13	17	15	15	18	12	22	24	24	21	20
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	9	18	8	8	15	7	16	14	7	17	16	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	13	13	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	17	15	7	16	21	19	14	7	13	14	16	9	14	14	15	13	16	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	8	7	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Sand spit CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	17	8	6	17	8	8	17	8	17	15	17	8	7	16	16	16
Energy(?)	669	514	300	294	278	428	437	441	534	416	404	334	516	871	479	421	333	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:40AM 1.32				6:56PM 1.90				7:16AM 1.29				7:19PM 1.71					9:15AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		10:59AM 0.58					1:17AM 0.76				11:45AM 1.08					2:18AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	23	13	13	14	13	17	18	23	20	17	13	15	14	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	23	12	13	12	13	16	18	23	20	16	13	15	14	12	15
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	18	15	8	8	7	8	8	17	15	17	8	7	7	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	17	14	18	17	17	18	17	15	12	7	8	16	16	16	16	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	5	8	7	7	7	7

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