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

	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	13	13	13	14	12	13	18	16	15	16	13	13	12	13	16	16	15	13	15	13	16
Energy(?)	822	643	568	676	623	274	385	343	421	834	442	616	375	563	766	1336	1182	1039	821	548	458	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 1.47	7:50AM 1.71		8:57PM 1.47	8:09AM 2.19		11:33PM 1.28	9:14AM 1.76		11:53PM 1.28	9:50AM 2.19		10:16PM 1.56	9:12AM 2.19		10:44PM 1.60	9:46AM 2.08		1:01AM 1.39	10:23AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		2:52PM -0.07	1:42AM 1.28		3:27PM -0.21	1:17AM 1.08		3:40PM 0.15	3:30AM 1.00		4:25PM -0.21			5:14PM 0.17	3:02AM 0.97		4:17PM 0.19	3:42AM 0.96		5:49PM -0.09		4:28AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	21	20	16	21	19	16	22	19	16	21	21	17	12	17	15	13	15	14	12	18	11	10
Low °C	20	17	15	20	19	14	21	19	14	20	19	15	11	15	14	12	14	13	11	16	10	10
Chill °C (?)	21	20	16	21	19	16	22	19	16	21	21	17	11	17	15	13	15	14	12	18	11	8
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	16	15	16	13	13	12	13	16	16	15	13	15	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	8	17	8	14	14	14	18	11	13	11	5	11	21	6	10	11	10	8	10	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1461	1094	1327	1156	1031	1057	1042	1017	568	590	519	521	666	553	650	613	606	527	513	207	232	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	10:15PM 1.25			7:12AM 1.66				9:26PM 1.42	10:45PM 1.28			7:56AM 1.74				8:57PM 1.47				8:36AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 1.08				1:50PM 0.27				2:21AM 1.07				3:35PM 0.21				1:17AM 1.08				2:52PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	19	21	23	19	18	18	16	16	15	17	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	17	20	21
Chill °C (?)	15	14	19	21	23	19	18	18	16	16	15	17	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	17	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	8	7	15	15	15	8	8	17	15	15	16	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	18	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1543	1500	1749	1521	1509	824	1587	1529	930	944	926	926	1183	1183	1111	1097	1084	1057	1030	604	593	829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:15PM 1.25									7:14AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			12:57AM 1.29													1:50PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	19	16	16	19	19	19	15	16	17	19	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	19	16	16	19	19	19	14	16	17	19	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	18	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	7	6	10	12	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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