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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Salsipuedes Baja Norte	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	0.4 S	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	11	11	12	20	19	19	12	16	16	16	8	9	10	11	11	14	10	9	9
Energy(?)	799	643	791	526	831	567	431	537	531	200	554	675	547	1075	567	1138	1512	2503	111	815	476	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 2.65		6:36AM 1.90	3:29PM 0.77		7:41AM 1.15	5:12PM 1.97		9:12AM 1.60	6:26PM 2.00		9:44AM 1.41	7:42PM 1.70	8:38PM 1.77	10:13AM 1.51	7:38PM 2.08		9:31AM 1.75		8:16PM 1.75	9:01AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 1.20		11:39PM -0.02	10:57AM 1.54		12:10AM 0.01	11:20AM 1.01		1:16AM -0.06			3:23AM -0.06			3:33AM -0.05			2:36AM 0.23		2:21PM 0.77	2:54AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	16	16	19	18	22	24	21	17	26	24	22	18	18	20	20	16	16	18	16	17
Low °C	14	21	15	15	19	18	20	23	19	17	25	22	16	17	16	16	19	13	14	18	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	22	16	16	19	18	22	24	21	17	26	24	22	18	18	20	20	16	16	18	15	17
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	12	13	11	11	11	7	14	19	8	12	16	16	10	12	9	10	11	11	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	13	6	14	12	20	13	10	6	12	11	6	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	1.1 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13						Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	7	7	12	12	11	12	10	7	7	8	8	20	20	11	19	19	18
Energy(?)	1009	799	941	819	699	972	811	1043	616	790	618	666	724	811	1187	1080	618	749	747	501	502	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:10PM 2.65					6:21AM 1.06								7:01AM 1.41			4:40PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52AM 1.39				10:50PM 0.06									12:36AM -0.02			10:27AM 1.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	18	16	19	18	15	19	17	21	18	15	20	15	15	20	18	20	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	18	16	19	18	15	19	17	21	17	14	20	15	14	20	18	20	23	22	22
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	6	6	12	12	11	12	13	11	6	8	8	12	7	11	19	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	16	13	12	14	6	13	14	8	14	11	10	13	14	11	20	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	6	-	7	10	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13																		Sunday 14
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1030	990	1160	890	644	655	641	911	662	949	765	706	960	690	954	781	282	994	785	203	223	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												4:17PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)																	9:48PM 0.49	10:09PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	13	15	19	21	21	19	22	16	20	18	16	20	15	15	18	17	15	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	13	13	15	19	21	21	19	22	16	20	18	15	20	15	14	18	16	14	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	7	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	13	14	16	14	13	16	13	13	13	14	14	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	-	1.2 NW	0.4 S	0.6 NW	1.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	6	-	7	3	4	6	4	4	-	7	6	-	-	-

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