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 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	The Patch CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	5	8	4	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	14	20	11	17	16	15	14	14	14	8	10	10	10	9	19
Energy	554	512	3733	7873	4011	5236	1755	250	3456	1366	2020	1014	1258	861	1311	217	755	2943	1230	1340	2030	780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 1.98		8:37PM 1.96	9:41AM 1.51		8:26PM 1.70	9:48AM 1.03		10:11PM 2.20	9:33AM 1.45		9:09PM 1.60	12:51PM 1.23		9:19PM 1.71	10:39AM 0.98		10:04PM 1.61	1:48PM 0.91		10:35PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:58PM 0.95		3:21AM 0.24		2:48PM 0.51	3:27AM 0.05		2:18PM 0.58			3:26PM 1.21	4:16AM -0.20	6:22AM -0.14	3:26PM 1.19	4:50AM -0.18		4:19PM 0.92		7:04AM -0.17	3:41PM 1.19		7:16AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	11	11	12	14	16	11	15	14	14	12	19	14	16	22	16	15	26	14	13
Low °C	10	11	10	10	11	9	13	16	10	14	14	12	12	17	13	16	21	9	12	26	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	9	9	14	16	9	15	13	14	11	19	12	16	22	16	14	26	14	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	14	9	11	10	16	15	14	7	7	13	10	10	20	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	15	17	16	14	16	14	10	20	14	17	10	14	14	14	14	14	22	21	16	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	2.1 NW	-	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	-	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	9	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	8	10	-	10	9	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	7	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	13	13	17	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14
Energy	535	848	1028	554	493	512	1516	3981	3733	5735	6956	7873	6571	4011	3356	4198	5236	6190	4668	1755	4109	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:46AM 1.15	8:05AM 1.98				9:00PM 2.11				9:41AM 1.51				9:12PM 2.60				9:48AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 0.86				11:57AM 0.24					3:20AM 0.84				2:48PM 0.51				3:13AM 0.02				2:18PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	13	17	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	10	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	16	11	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	7	11	8	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	17	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	15	14	14	9	15	15	17	17	17	15	16	16	14	16	16	16	15	-	14	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	-	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	-	12	12

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	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	7	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	12	17	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	540	590	535	598	848	848	916	548	1028	1034	636	554	461	465	493	516	492	512	745	1077	1516	2077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									7:46AM 1.15													9:00PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			1:24AM 0.86										11:57AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	17	17	17	13	17	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	16	16	16	12	16	11	11	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	12	17	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	10	9	9	15	9	15	15	15	15	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-

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