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

	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Heavens CAL - LA County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	13	16	16	16	17	17	13	15	15	16	16	16	8	9	9	9	9	9	13	16
Energy(?)	446	213	158	216	266	457	606	616	612	374	587	554	579	629	700	611	650	428	682	532	157	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:14AM 1.79			2:51AM 1.26							5:14AM 1.25			5:57AM 1.27		8:53PM 1.35	8:40AM 1.40		8:48PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			8:55AM 0.24			11:30AM 0.12		11:43PM 1.16	11:41AM 0.59		11:45PM 0.91	12:41PM 0.08		12:17AM 0.68	12:56PM 0.02	3:02PM 0.15	2:44AM 0.58		3:43PM 0.14	2:41AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	9	7	12	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	13	15	19	13	16	19	14	14	16	12	11	12	10	11	13	11	10	15	12	18	15
Low °C	19	11	13	19	12	13	19	12	12	15	11	11	11	7	10	12	10	9	14	11	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	13	15	19	13	16	19	14	14	15	12	10	10	8	10	11	9	10	14	10	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	7	7	13	7	8	17	17	8	15	8	16	16	7	8	9	9	9	14	9	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.7 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	18	13	13	16	10	16	10	8	13	7	15	8	11	16	15	15	15	14	18	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.3 S	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	-	3	7	-	-	3	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6

	Tuesday 07				Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Fri
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	San Clemente Pier CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	7	6	13	13	18	13	13	6	7	7	8	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18
Energy(?)	261	293	312	789	579	502	296	214	209	209	347	1019	626	504	413	542	286	555	513	634	663	604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:44AM 1.34								1:45AM 1.72						7:34PM 1.35	8:04PM 0.98		3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:24AM 0.11			10:31PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	17	16	15	17	14	19	14	22	20	18	17	18	14	14	14	12	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	16	15	17	14	19	14	22	20	18	17	18	14	14	14	12	14	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 NNW	1.0 W	0.9 NNW	0.4 S	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	13	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	13	7	6	8	7	9	8	8	8	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	17	13	6	13	13	13	13	18	13	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	8	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	-	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Tuesday 07												Wednesday 08
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	San Clemente Pier CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	6	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	13	13	13
Energy(?)	243	261	315	392	423	446	316	136	290	220	187	331	221	404	355	253	129	312	256	380	328	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																						8:55AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	11	16	11	18	17	17	17	17	12	13	13	13	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	19	19	18	18	10	16	10	18	17	17	17	17	12	12	13	13	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	13	14	14	14	14	13	6	7	14	6	6	13	13	13	7	13	13	7	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	17	7	10	18	18	7	14	13	9	13	13	6	7	6	13	18	18	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-

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