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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	8	6	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	10	15	18	17	18	17	14	13	16	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1930	1571	2442	1658	1358	502	1329	1691	909	1140	1625	3031	8458	3724	2734	3288	2543	4806	2581	4255	2726	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:24PM 1.32	8:44PM 3:50AM 1.01 1.51			8:24PM 1.19	4:49AM 1.53		9:26PM 1.20	7:08AM 2.36		10:01PM 1.89	8:04AM 2.44		10:33PM 1.98	8:59AM 2.11		8:35PM 1.59	7:17AM 2.18		11:29PM 1.78	7:51AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	11:48AM 0.47		9:12PM 1.01	12:04PM 0.27		11:00PM 1.15	1:00PM 0.17		12:32AM 1.09		2:26PM 0.48	2:04AM 1.64		3:36PM 0.49	2:59AM 1.57		2:04PM 0.22	1:16AM 1.06		2:22PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	7	2	-	1	3
High °C	17	17	9	13	11	16	15	15	9	10	11	8	11	15	12	6	6	7	10	10	4	6
Low °C	14	15	8	11	10	15	14	15	9	10	10	8	10	12	11	6	4	4	10	9	3	4
Chill °C (?)	17	17	7	12	11	15	15	15	8	10	9	6	11	14	11	2	6	4	9	8	0	3
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	10	15	14	17	18	17	14	13	16	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	18	16	22	18	16	14	15	15	15	13	16	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Monday 09						Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 NW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	12	12	10	11
Energy(?)	3070	3234	1862	1571	1638	3093	1684	1431	1353	1658	1433	1358	1285	1269	1119	1003	533	1047	1823	1691	1106	1171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:15AM 2.02							3:50AM 1.51						8:07PM 1.72			4:26AM 1.83					7:45PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			10:56AM 0.35			9:48PM 1.06					12:41PM 0.68				11:30PM 1.62				12:26PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	17	17	15	11	13	13	13	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	15	15	15	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	17	17	14	11	12	13	13	11	10	11	9	8	9	8	15	15	15	15	10	13
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.4 SW	1.9 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	6	13	12	12	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	9	14	14	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Monday 09																			Tuesday 10
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	13	15
Energy(?)	3116	3116	1934	1933	1931	2644	1851	1873	1862	2847	2438	3129	3053	3056	3064	3143	823	823	1661	1685	2702	1688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:15AM 2.02														6:22PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)							10:56AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	11	11	12	10	15	16	17	11	14	11	10	10	10	9	17	17	17	16	8	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	11	8	15	16	17	8	13	8	7	7	8	7	17	17	17	16	6	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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