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 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	9	8	7	8	7	15	15	14	13	12	10	12	12	10	13	10	11	18
Energy(?)	659	1057	660	282	432	401	322	292	84	158	195	160	171	251	1406	4612	3815	1269	1803	1307	561	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 2.42		10:12PM 1.76	9:11AM 1.74		11:21PM 1.51	9:11AM 1.94		11:00PM 1.59	10:01AM 1.90		9:54PM 1.96	11:30AM 1.46		11:14PM 1.48	11:32AM 1.24		12:48AM 2.77	1:18PM 1.32		11:55PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:28PM 0.47	3:49AM 0.70		4:02PM -0.03			4:40PM 0.07	4:46AM 0.27		4:56PM 0.10	4:08AM 0.53	5:31AM 0.17	4:45PM 0.22		5:21AM 0.02	5:09PM 0.84		6:47AM -0.03	5:44PM 0.55		7:56AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	20	15	22	22	19	11	12	18	18	15	13	11	11	9	9	10	12	16	12	16	19
Low °C	11	19	13	17	21	15	8	12	14	17	15	10	10	11	8	8	10	10	13	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	20	14	22	22	19	11	12	18	18	14	13	8	8	6	6	7	10	16	10	16	19
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	14	11	10	9	8	7	8	7	8	8	9	13	6	10	12	12	10	13	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	15	13	14	12	13	13	13	11	12	15	15	14	13	7	13	13	12	13	14	12	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	12	9	9	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1154	1307	1103	1705	456	542	768	1171	1131	510	503	508	373	313	232	564	541	565	605	200	243	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:02AM 1.73				9:54PM 1.53								9:28PM 1.39				9:23AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 1.45				4:21PM -0.09				2:28AM 1.01				3:00PM -0.09				4:45AM 1.10				4:55PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	19	17	15	17	12	14	19	14	21	19	25	19	14	17	7	11	17	20	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	19	17	14	17	10	14	19	14	21	19	25	19	13	16	3	11	17	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	12	9	7	9	7	7	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	4	9	9	4	9	6	7	7	-	8	-

	Saturday 28
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1232	1178	1565	1994	425	615	566	2049	1227	632	1102	553	790	403	401	615	719	648	1064	368	367	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				2:11AM 0.89												2:09PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	10	11	12	11	16	10	12	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	12	17	17	15	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	9	11	11	16	8	12	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	10	16	17	15	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	9	9	15	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	15	15	12	15	13	15	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-

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