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

	Sun		Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	16	15	16	16	13	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	6368	6159	4209	1848	1580	1746	1294	1443	814	1248	1385	925	1422	696	765	690	715	430	291	776	1076	1327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:58PM 1.06		6:10AM 2.08		8:41PM 1.29	5:54AM 1.97		9:40PM 1.48	6:36AM 2.02		9:26PM 1.43	8:53AM 2.11		10:45PM 1.28	7:56AM 1.74		10:19PM 1.05	8:36AM 2.19		11:02PM 1.53	9:13AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 1.37		1:56PM 0.28	12:41AM 1.00		2:41PM 0.25	1:36AM 1.25		2:23PM 0.37	12:57AM 1.29		2:52PM -0.07	2:21AM 1.07		3:26PM -0.13	2:12AM 0.83		4:10PM 0.16	3:04AM 1.23		4:43PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	18	17	14	21	20	10	19	19	15	24	20	16	28	27	21	16	20	20	21	21
Low °C	11	10	18	14	12	20	18	8	16	16	14	23	19	15	24	22	21	14	18	19	21	19
Chill °C (?)	10	9	18	17	13	21	20	9	19	19	14	24	20	16	28	27	21	16	20	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	16	15	16	16	13	14	13	13	10	11	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	19	18	12	11	12	15	15	16	14	14	16	16	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 11				Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wed
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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
Rating	5	7	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3554	6376	8111	7745	6399	5037	5220	5007	3738	3495	3182	3172	1580	1532	1291	1060	1094	1294	1114	1148	1064	1090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:56PM 1.34	7:12PM 1.25			6:10AM 2.08					8:41PM 1.29			5:44AM 1.62					8:45PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 0.33				11:44PM 0.85				12:58PM 0.60				11:41PM 0.98					1:43PM 0.48			12:04AM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	9	9	15	10	11	18	19	16	9	13	13	12	15	20	20	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	8	8	15	9	11	18	19	16	8	12	12	11	15	20	20	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	19	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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
Rating	5	7	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	18	20	17	17	19	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	2609	3697	4730	4856	5391	1309	7671	7857	2305	2547	2801	7745	2216	2266	2503	2906	2951	5037	4978	4862	4747	4690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									6:12PM 1.26											5:12AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			12:46PM 0.49										10:31PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	12	11	19	11	11	16	16	16	9	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	11	10	19	11	11	16	16	16	8	12	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	18	18	18	18	12	17	17	19	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	19	11	11	10	10	20	10	14	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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