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

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	11	10	9	9	9	16	16	8	13	10	10	9	9	10	15	10	8	8
Energy(?)	543	555	488	564	2089	940	444	444	657	175	347	317	239	1272	580	289	847	669	263	616	734	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 1.51						9:46PM 1.54	10:03AM 1.74		10:39PM 1.93						10:25PM 1.61	12:39PM 1.05		12:14AM 2.34	12:36PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	12:24PM 0.08		2:31AM 0.95					3:03PM 0.07	3:43AM 0.45		4:33PM 0.15	4:56AM 0.21						4:50AM -0.24	6:38AM -0.12	6:20PM 0.55		5:34AM -0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	20	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	9	10	13	12	9	16	12	17	14	10	11	11	11	15	16	15	16	16	11	18
Low °C	12	18	8	8	13	10	9	14	8	14	14	9	8	9	8	8	15	11	15	16	9	16
Chill °C (?)	11	19	7	10	12	11	8	15	9	17	12	8	11	8	8	15	14	14	16	16	9	18
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	7	8	11	10	9	14	14	7	16	8	8	14	15	9	14	10	8	13	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	13	15	16	14	15	14	18	18	16	13	12	12	10	12	12	18	14	15	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	6	3	-	10	10	-	9	-	-	10	8	8

	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	9	16	16	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	595	543	537	593	587	535	501	1229	1060	564	373	696	1375	1361	1260	1011	1009	526	450	411	648	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									7:35AM 1.45	8:02AM 1.63												9:09PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)												3:02PM 0.15								3:51PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	14	12	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	10	9	10	17	16	8	9	10	11	11	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	17	11	9	7	7	17	16	4	7	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	12	13	12	8	8	10
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	6	6	16	15	9	9	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	16	16	7	7	16	16	16	10	7	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

	Saturday 11																		Sunday 12
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	10	15	8
Energy(?)	596	694	525	639	543	545	539	615	560	537	395	502	548	707	707	707	702	638	580	95	488	842
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:03AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)									1:45PM 0.16	2:14PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	6	3	1	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	16	12	11	13	13	19	19	13	12	10	10	11	16	13	12	11	15	12	12	9	8	12
Chill °C (?)	16	10	9	11	11	19	19	11	9	8	8	9	15	10	10	10	13	9	9	7	7	9
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	6	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	7	12	12	12	12	11	8	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	-	-	0.3 NE	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	0.3 S	-	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	5	5	-	-	2	-	6	6	6	5	7	7	4	-	8

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