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

	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	12	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	449	537	542	517	1432	1828	2162	738	665	393	387	592	894	1649	633	760	1255	2936	1463	1843	1954	1635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 2.52		12:14AM 1.39	10:14AM 2.04		12:24AM 1.11	12:24PM 2.51		2:01AM 1.39		1:18PM 2.33	3:26AM 1.89		2:15PM 2.10		4:06AM 1.55	3:18PM 2.24		5:08AM 2.37	4:45PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:42AM 0.96		3:29PM -0.16		4:08AM 1.01	6:53PM -0.60		6:36AM 1.02	6:17PM -0.40		7:35AM 1.02		8:33PM -0.33	8:40AM 1.01		9:25PM 0.36	9:17AM 0.88		10:09PM 0.56	11:11AM 1.30		10:31PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	13	13	13	12	15	17	19	14	14	14	15	20	16	19	14	15	17	18	18
Low °C	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	16	18	13	13	13	13	18	15	17	13	13	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	13	13	12	10	15	16	19	14	13	14	15	20	16	19	14	15	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	12	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	7	13	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	16	15	11	15	15	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	State Line Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	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 River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	8	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	718	600	563	297	226	537	266	542	392	274	517	749	895	1107	1936	2662	1536	1719	1444	1234	1014	1223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:10PM 1.55									12:49AM 1.91				11:33AM 2.63					1:41AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)				3:16AM 0.96					4:36PM -0.55				5:41AM 1.01				6:22PM -0.51				6:43AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	10	10	13	18	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	9	9	13	18	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	8	8	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 W	0.5 NW	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	16	14	16	13	11	11	7	8	8	8	13	13	16	12	12	14	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Thursday 04							Friday 05
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	State Line Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	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 River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	708	690	718	231	229	442	368	449	228	231	441	441	434	428	418	423	324	320	383	410	347	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							10:32PM 1.15	11:57PM 1.89											10:40AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)													4:48AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	12	11	13	12	12	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	9	13	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	11	10	13	11	12	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	13	8	13	14	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	6	6	6	16	4	4	14	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	3	3	8	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6

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