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

	Wed	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 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	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	18	16	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2883	2615	3552	6022	6788	5591	4884	2232	1381	1397	932	953	1658	2288	3213	3862	2983	1577	1080	1211	1243	935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 1.48		1:13PM 1.53	2:27AM 2.14		1:54PM 1.70	2:44AM 1.69		3:33PM 1.54	3:56AM 2.01		4:06PM 1.27	3:16AM 1.84		6:41PM 1.24		4:11AM 1.84			4:20AM 1.79		7:45PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		8:09AM 0.49		8:00PM 0.23	8:36AM 0.46		7:53PM 0.41	9:39AM 0.92		9:21PM 0.62	10:52AM 0.41		8:10PM 1.12	11:14AM 0.72			12:22PM 0.62			12:27PM 0.54		11:01PM 1.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	8	4	1	-
High °C	15	19	15	20	19	17	16	20	21	16	19	19	14	16	10	10	8	14	10	10	11	8
Low °C	12	17	14	18	19	16	15	17	16	15	15	17	11	14	10	8	8	12	10	10	9	7
Chill °C (?)	15	19	15	20	19	16	16	20	21	15	19	19	14	16	8	9	7	12	10	10	10	6
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	18	16	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	17	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.1 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	17	17	18	17	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1248	3176	3135	3467	3105	3033	3017	3009	5101	6536	7663	7399	7402	7372	5663	6227	6066	6219	5635	3537	3202	3505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				1:53AM 2.14				1:43PM 2.34				1:17AM 1.87							12:04AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	5:59PM -0.00	7:39PM -0.01				7:14AM 0.93				8:15PM 0.17				7:34AM 0.86							6:53AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	15	14	15	16	17	15	16	15	13	19	18	19	14	17	15	16	16	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	20	16	15	14	15	16	17	15	16	15	13	19	18	19	14	17	15	16	16	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	17	17	18	17	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	15	15	13	18	17	17	-	-	13	-	13	-	13	13	12	12	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04							Thursday 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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1066	2894	2776	2887	2895	2865	2786	2856	3162	3036	2920	2033	2147	2181	2866	1682	2309	1663	1099	652	651	1073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											2:18AM 2.04								10:39AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				7:27PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	17	17	16	17	15	16	14	15	15	15	20	20	19	15	18	22	18	19	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	17	17	16	17	15	16	14	15	15	15	20	20	19	15	18	22	18	19	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	-	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.1 S	1.3 W	1.6 W	0.3 SSE	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	13	15	-	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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