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

7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sun
	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	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Little River State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	2.3 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	16	9	9	15	10	9	9	14	14	14	8	8
Energy(?)	434	795	1168	2292	1040	1955	881	1202	502	493	380	497	573	249	535	449	565	217	229	204	242	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:27AM 2.01		3:10PM 1.92	2:47AM 1.90		4:10PM 2.42	3:42AM 2.18		5:10PM 2.07	4:54AM 1.98		5:51PM 2.17		6:37AM 1.39	5:55PM 1.85		7:40AM 1.05	7:08PM 2.70		9:22AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35AM -0.29	6:39PM 1.20		8:18AM 0.30		9:11PM 0.74	9:26AM 0.49		10:07PM 1.17	10:04AM 0.69		11:15PM 1.03	10:26AM 0.38		12:41AM 0.34	11:56AM 0.60		1:15AM 0.13	11:54AM 0.71		2:43AM -0.06	1:47PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	15	14	13	16	13	14	16	20	14	15	20	14	16	14	18	21	20	12	19
Low °C	15	17	14	14	14	12	15	13	10	15	19	12	14	20	13	13	13	18	18	19	11	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	14	13	13	15	12	12	16	20	14	14	20	13	16	13	18	21	20	10	19
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	3.5 NW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	9	16	10	10	16	9	9	9	16	9	9	15	10	9	9	14	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	15	10	13	16	15	15	19	18	13	18	16	12	16	15	15	4	9	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	8	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Little River State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	566	382	321	356	314	1282	995	1137	1162	1254	2007	1642	730	2523	2648	2910	1351	1500	1657	1052	1347	1759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 2.21					3:02PM 1.77			1:53AM 2.53					3:59PM 1.87				2:11AM 1.60				4:12PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07AM 0.19					8:11PM 1.39				8:52AM 0.33				9:24PM 0.84				9:26AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	17	16	16	19	15	14	15	16	14	19	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	16	18	16
Chill °C (?)	10	15	17	16	16	19	15	14	15	16	14	19	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	15	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	9	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	15	18	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	16	13	15	16	15	15	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9

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