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

	Tue	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo
Rating	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	10	9	9	10	16	9	16	14	15	13	12	15	11	15	9
Energy	3203	1415	279	1028	1016	1089	1280	818	896	2164	566	464	749	552	693	651	678	515	616	1089	385	1438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 2.01		3:02PM 1.51	1:46AM 2.12		5:18PM 1.34	4:09AM 2.45		6:06PM 1.47	4:48AM 1.41		6:57PM 1.54		6:10AM 1.75	7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.98			9:24AM 2.03	7:14PM 2.06	8:11PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50AM -0.41	6:58PM 1.27		9:48AM -0.29		10:32PM 1.49	10:51AM 0.30		11:21PM 0.73	11:44AM 0.46		1:15AM 1.25	12:35PM 0.64		1:24AM 0.86	1:58PM 0.95		2:15AM 0.15			3:10AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	24	17	18	17	12	14	13	11	14	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	16	11
Low °C	10	15	24	14	14	17	11	12	13	9	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	14	10	10	16	10
Chill °C (?)	16	19	24	17	18	17	11	14	13	10	14	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	12	12	16	9
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	7:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	10	9	9	10	8	9	9	14	15	13	12	15	11	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	21	15	13	19	15	15	18	18	11	16	10	16	16	8	9	7	15	12	15	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Tue		Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	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	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s)	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10
Energy	1388	3315	3203	3126	3261	1415	1363	279	1128	1051	1028	1292	1369	1016	1683	1089	1093	1814	1280	1157	1132	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 2.01					3:02PM 1.51			1:46AM 2.12						5:18PM 1.34			4:10AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)	6:46PM 0.96					8:50AM -0.41			7:51PM 1.32					9:48AM -0.29				10:41PM 1.03				10:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	10	11	14	19	19	24	17	15	14	14	16	18	14	17	15	11	12	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	20	8	9	13	19	19	24	17	14	14	13	16	18	14	17	15	11	12	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	16	16	21	21	15	15	15	15	13	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.4 NW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	14	13	13	13	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19						Wednesday 20
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	12
Energy	1512	1141	1388	1308	1299	3315	3145	3203	3203	3202	3128	3126	3109	3291	3261	3200	1476	1415	1038	1366	1363	824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									1:37AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		6:37PM 0.84															9:26AM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	17	17	20	20	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	16	17	19	13	19	19	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	17	17	20	20	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	13	16	17	19	12	19	19	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	21	21	21	21	21	21	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	-	-	10	10	-

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