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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	12	13	12	13	7	16	11	15	8	9	8	10	10	12	11	12	12	8	5	17	14	13
Energy	659	492	228	53	520	272	256	1034	534	501	1385	1328	700	838	940	287	384	811	82	440	1191	935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:27AM 2.18		10:17PM 2.12	10:43AM 1.77		9:14PM 2.04	10:02AM 1.65		9:39PM 2.08	11:36AM 1.29		8:51PM 2.17	12:30PM 1.23		11:56PM 2.64	1:34PM 2.18		12:16AM 1.21	1:28PM 1.55		12:27AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:41PM 0.88	4:42AM 0.31		4:21PM 0.33	3:54AM 0.51		3:26PM 0.87	4:32AM 0.39	5:16AM -0.04	6:18PM 0.52	3:45AM 0.28	5:54AM -0.16	6:09PM 1.35		6:55AM 0.31	5:50PM 0.70		6:33AM 0.27	5:41PM 0.92		8:13AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	11	14	11	17	12	12	16	13	11	14	14	13	15	18	13	19	12	11	17	15	12	11
Low °C	8	14	9	14	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	11	11	17	11	16	11	10	16	14	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	8	16	10	10	16	12	8	14	13	11	15	18	13	19	10	9	17	14	12	10
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	12	13	12	12	11	15	8	9	13	12	10	13	11	12	12	8	12	17	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	11	13	12	13	16	15	10	10	14	14	14	13	12	13	18	8	18	16	11	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	-	1.9 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.2 NW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	7	7	-	8	-	-	8	10	-	12	-	-	6	-	5	8	-	-

	Monday 27						Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s)	12	12	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	8	7	8	18	18	18	11	11	8	8
Energy	572	559	662	563	635	725	358	586	584	207	168	66	520	529	717	811	923	372	408	285	1342	1252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:36AM 2.28				8:48PM 1.99				9:48AM 1.30				10:38PM 2.70								10:58PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)				3:49PM 0.30				3:14AM 0.66												3:35PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	16	10	9	8	8	9	14	18	19	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	14	12	15	8	6	7	7	8	14	18	19	10	8
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	9	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	13	12	11	8	8	8	8	18	11	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	19	11	11	18	11	15	18	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	10	5	9	9	-	-	4	8	7	-	-	-	-	11	4	8	-

	Monday 27																		Tuesday 28
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9
Energy	624	572	628	628	643	634	680	705	693	465	297	80	702	503	532	504	486	184	188	173	425	458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					9:30AM 1.62												9:37PM 1.61	10:01PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	8	10	11	14	14	14	14	13	12	17	11	11	10	9	11	11	10	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	9	16	9	9	8	7	10	9	9	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	9	13	11	5	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	1.2 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	-	-	6	6	4	-	6	-

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