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

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Frankport Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	4	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 S	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 W	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	9	16	15	6	9	11	14	14	13	14	12	15	11	9	10	6	9	7
Energy(?)	988	470	621	471	387	387	262	159	272	368	772	1308	1202	606	641	168	671	748	811	153	497	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 1.34		4:59AM 2.58		7:40PM 1.57	5:41AM 2.25		8:34PM 1.27	6:19AM 1.75		8:44PM 1.61	8:26AM 1.34		9:11PM 1.24	8:24AM 1.77		10:12PM 1.42	9:14AM 1.67		10:59PM 1.59	10:29AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	10:47AM 0.46		9:38PM 1.35	12:46PM 0.49		11:15PM 1.41		1:14PM -0.13	12:31AM 0.97		1:42PM -0.22	1:18AM 1.16		4:09PM -0.13	2:20AM 0.43		3:10PM -0.26	3:14AM 0.52		3:52PM 0.24		4:44AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	32	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	16	16	19	17	18	21	10	14	15	13	14	17	13	17	12	10	12	18	13	15
Low °C	13	15	16	15	17	16	15	21	8	14	13	12	12	15	11	14	10	8	12	17	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	16	16	16	19	17	18	21	9	14	15	12	14	17	13	17	11	10	12	18	13	15
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 W	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.3 SSW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	14	14	13	14	12	9	11	9	10	13	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	9	16	8	10	9	11	7	8	8	15	8	15	15	8	14	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	2	4	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	15	14	14
Energy(?)	693	591	863	1242	1000	1169	1081	839	557	596	505	559	346	360	760	601	282	252	229	314	226	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		2:47AM 2.04					6:11PM 1.49			3:51AM 1.72						7:46PM 0.93			5:05AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					11:28AM 0.57									1:17PM -0.02			11:07PM 1.06					1:28PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	15	11	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	17	16	15	18	18	14	14	14	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	12	10	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	17	16	14	18	18	14	14	14	20	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 W	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	10	11	11	18	10	11	10	10	10	10	16	10	9	9	9	9	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	4	-	-	4	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 NW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	754	702	584	964	1263	833	853	423	236	236	267	503	478	550	303	298	426	470	477	543	1021	995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						3:22AM 2.24															6:23PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)														12:00PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	6	6	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	17	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	15	15	19	19	17	16	16	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	15	18	13	13	19	19	17	16	16	16	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WNW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	8	8	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	2.3 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	2	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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