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

	Tue	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	8	7	7	7	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	9
Energy(?)	152	107	180	394	92	252	1012	1059	904	1864	1541	1199	1079	490	1094	1982	1242	636	2199	1198	941	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:03PM 2.15	12:28PM 1.23		8:36PM 1.80	10:28AM 1.09		11:52PM 2.85	2:00PM 2.27		10:52PM 1.80	1:12PM 1.14		11:42PM 2.13	12:50PM 1.19	2:49PM 1.42	11:46PM 2.03		3:16PM 1.49	2:01AM 1.55		3:07PM 1.80	2:18AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	4:44AM 0.19		3:56PM 1.05	4:06AM -0.20		5:59PM 1.62		7:10AM 0.19	5:49PM 0.88		6:23AM -0.27	5:24PM 0.82		6:15AM -0.18	7:28PM 0.81		8:14AM -0.14		8:34PM 0.80	8:14AM 0.42		8:53PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	18	20	19	33	16	19	23	14	16	15	15	16	23	14	18	15	14	18	18	12
Low °C	12	13	18	19	18	32	13	18	19	12	14	15	15	13	23	12	16	14	12	16	17	11
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	20	19	33	16	19	23	13	16	15	15	16	23	13	18	15	14	18	17	12
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 NW	0.5 SW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	13	8	13	7	7	15	19	10	16	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	16	9	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	13	16	16	16	19	15	16	12	17	15	11	16	15	15	15	16	13	16	15	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	1.1 NW	2.0 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	5	8	7	-	7	9	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	18	13	13	17	16	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	173	141	152	135	135	107	96	180	279	501	394	332	269	92	436	252	1033	1368	1012	911	1115	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:02PM 1.72					12:50PM 2.16			9:34PM 1.80					1:10PM 1.27				11:01PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				3:33AM -0.15									5:21AM 0.14			3:28PM 1.18	5:26PM 1.05				5:57AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	20	21	16	18	18	16	20	19	19	20	19	21	32	16	12	14	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	20	21	16	18	18	16	20	19	19	20	19	21	32	16	10	13	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	8	13	13	6	6	8	8	13	6	7	7	7	7	7	16	15	19	19	19	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	12	19	12	15	15	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	-	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	8	7	9	8	9	9	10	10

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