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

	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	6	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	10	13	10	10	10	8	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	2775	3574	3671	1045	1305	897	779	392	282	500	1064	1028	1038	903	746	686	870	738	537	352	287	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 1.18	1:01PM 1.54		4:47AM 1.98	4:40PM 1.48		4:23AM 1.94	5:06PM 1.32		5:05AM 2.09	6:42PM 0.93		7:03AM 2.40		7:59PM 0.99	7:54AM 2.51		10:37PM 1.55	9:06AM 2.53		11:02PM 1.81	9:50AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 0.78	11:10AM 0.73		10:43PM 0.51	11:29AM 0.78		9:35PM 0.89	12:32PM 0.53		11:00PM 0.64		2:29PM -0.04	11:57PM 0.73		1:08PM 0.08	2:53AM 1.01		4:11PM -0.05	3:43AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	21	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	26	9
High °C	6	14	11	9	15	5	10	13	8	12	13	10	12	12	10	15	13	12	15	12	12	12
Low °C	6	14	10	6	14	4	6	12	8	10	11	9	10	10	9	12	12	11	13	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	3	13	11	7	14	2	8	12	6	12	13	8	12	12	10	15	13	11	15	11	10	9
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	13	10	13	10	10	10	8	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	15	12	8	15	14	14	9	13	8	13	14	11	6	6	15	21	-	20	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	10	10	14	13	14	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	505	1455	3054	2800	1739	1837	6158	5899	5687	3015	1805	1315	1180	1207	2063	1226	676	1263	1170	597	519	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 1.63	4:07AM 2.32			3:24PM 1.67				3:48AM 1.84									5:51AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)				10:00AM 0.91				8:38PM 0.63					11:17AM 0.74								12:27PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	14	4	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	6	7	9	8	12	12	12	11	10	12	9	8	11	6	13	5	5	5	10	9
Chill °C (?)	17	15	2	3	6	6	12	11	11	9	9	11	7	5	10	3	12	3	3	3	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	10	14	13	14	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	13	14	13	12	11	12	12	14	12	12	12	8	8	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Frankport Oregon South
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.1 W	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	487	1268	2085	1877	2159	2393	2982	3228	3372	3029	2473	2473	2667	2567	2671	2230	1577	1815	1633	1165	1807	1332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	off	off	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		3:36PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)											8:38AM 0.83		10:07AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	15	8	9	9	7	12	12	14	12	13	13	6	6	14	7	17	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	17	14	5	6	5	5	11	10	14	10	12	11	2	2	12	4	17	6	6	7	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.1 W	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 NW	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	12	16	11	11	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	11	12	12	12	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SE	2.5 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NNE	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.4 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	4	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	4	4	4	11	10

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