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

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 S	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	24	23	20	20	19	18	18	10	10	15	9	9	9	14	9	13	8	9	16	9	15	24
Energy	636	752	1340	2143	1362	1705	3436	1863	1615	1544	1403	3022	928	877	1564	517	1194	1493	670	876	732	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 1.99	4:19AM 1.01	6:24AM 1.09	6:31PM 1.97		7:02AM 1.37	6:59PM 1.63		7:14AM 1.30		8:25PM 1.90	10:10AM 1.64		9:58PM 2.47	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	1:25PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18PM 0.31		11:03PM 0.60	12:13PM 0.33		12:10AM 0.36	12:09PM 0.90		2:02AM 0.00	12:00PM 0.87		3:41AM -0.21					4:16PM 1.42		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78	4:18AM -0.51	6:36AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	17	12	24	19	28	24	18	17	21	14	17	22	12	17	21	14	16	14	20	19
Low °C	12	14	17	12	23	19	24	22	17	17	20	14	16	21	11	14	20	12	14	13	19	17
Chill °C (?)	11	14	17	11	24	19	28	24	18	17	21	14	17	22	11	17	21	14	16	14	20	19
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 S	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 S	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	7	7	20	10	19	18	10	17	10	10	16	9	9	9	14	9	8	9	9	9	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.5 SW	0.7 W	1.5 S	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	20	13	7	18	16	16	15	-	15	14	14	11	10	13	13	16	16	12	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	-	-	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08						Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	24	24	24	23	21	21	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	10	10	10
Energy	1014	636	1064	752	1398	1119	1340	1536	2160	2143	1398	1362	1594	3102	1705	3043	3117	3436	1823	1863	3519	3446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								4:19AM 1.01					6:22PM 1.50				7:02AM 1.37				6:59PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			11:29AM 0.20				11:03PM 0.60				11:34AM 0.79				12:10AM 0.36				11:42AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	14	17	17	17	17	18	12	23	24	18	18	19	17	24	28	19	22	17	24
Chill °C (?)	13	10	12	14	17	17	17	17	18	10	23	24	18	18	19	17	24	28	19	22	17	24
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	2.0 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	21	21	20	20	19	10	19	19	19	8	18	9	10	10	10	17	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.7 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	20	13	13	13	18	7	18	18	18	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	8	-	9	9	10	-	10	10	10

	Monday 08																		Tuesday 09
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.6 SSW	2.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	24	8	14	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Energy	1331	1427	1014	1638	540	636	897	1020	1064	896	959	752	752	1111	1398	1377	1181	1119	1258	1205	1340	1364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							11:28AM 0.20												11:03PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	13	15	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	9	10	13	15	11	10	12	10	12	10	10	14	14	13	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	14	7	14	7	7	7	8	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	24	14	24	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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