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

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	8	11	10	10	9	9	7	16	8	7	8	14	15	14	9	10	9	10	8	15
Energy(?)	548	555	1050	2469	1862	871	463	479	478	171	561	441	189	369	254	236	1328	1971	590	722	566	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 1.09								9:36AM 1.42		10:07PM 1.57	9:39AM 1.79			10:40AM 1.27			11:37AM 1.27		9:55PM 2.04	1:44PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	12:24PM 0.08				3:02PM 0.15			3:23PM 0.12			3:38PM 0.11	4:16AM 0.19								4:36PM 0.47	4:46AM -0.42	7:15AM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	10	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	9	12	13	12	9	16	12	18	11	13	9	11	12	15	12	15	10	19	11	13
Low °C	12	18	7	11	13	10	9	15	9	14	11	10	8	11	10	12	11	10	6	19	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	19	5	9	12	11	8	15	10	18	9	11	7	9	9	15	10	14	9	19	9	12
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.9 NW	1.7 NNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	11	10	10	9	14	14	7	14	7	8	8	12	14	14	10	9	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	12	7	11	15	14	15	14	18	18	16	13	13	12	14	15	11	18	14	14	13	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.3 S	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	3	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	7	-	8	7	2	7	5	6	9	10	-	10	8	7

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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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	9
Energy(?)	606	602	545	702	537	580	596	603	504	1204	1242	1155	1962	1504	1606	1024	1158	1011	648	526	445	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	flow	flow	high	flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow	high	flow	flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:57AM 1.19						8:58PM 1.32			7:39AM 1.37					8:51PM 1.21			7:44AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	11:18PM 0.84												1:55PM 0.52								1:44PM -0.02	3:51PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	5	1	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	15	10	10	9	8	16	7	8	9	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	14	16	10
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	15	10	8	6	6	16	4	5	7	10	12	12	11	11	10	11	14	15	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.7 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	15	9	9	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	8	13	11	16	16	16	7	16	16	16	11	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNW	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11
Energy(?)	571	600	740	842	447	696	696	573	545	699	704	716	503	578	574	577	596	593	621	777	463	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								6:24AM 1.38													7:35PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	11:18PM 0.84														1:12PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	11	12	12	12	17	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	17	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	9	11	11	10	17	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	17	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	8	14	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	16	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	6	6	7	3

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