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 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	5	8	4	5	5	0	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	1.1 W	3.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	13	17	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	18	17	16	15	14	14	8	13	8	11	10	19	8
Energy	554	771	3733	7873	3963	5653	3801	448	3183	1595	1958	2071	1379	964	1248	1144	757	1889	1492	1425	1327	1611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 1.98		8:37PM 1.96	9:41AM 1.51		8:26PM 1.70	9:13AM 1.48	7:59PM 1.74	10:11PM 2.20	10:52AM 1.20		8:57PM 2.12	12:51PM 1.23		9:19PM 1.71	1:15PM 1.30		9:49PM 1.71	1:15PM 1.28		10:35PM 1.61	1:56PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:58PM 0.95		3:21AM 0.24		2:48PM 0.51	3:27AM 0.05					3:26PM 1.21	4:18AM 0.30	6:22AM -0.14	3:26PM 1.19	4:50AM -0.18	5:52AM -0.24	4:19PM 0.92		6:08AM -0.19	5:44PM 0.88		6:42AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	11	11	11	13	13	15	11	14	14	14	13	18	14	13	22	16	15	14	15	15
Low °C	11	12	10	10	11	9	12	15	11	12	14	12	12	18	14	12	21	13	12	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	10	9	10	12	14	10	13	13	14	12	18	12	12	22	14	14	14	15	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:32	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 NW	0.5 SSW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	9	10	17	16	15	14	14	8	13	8	21	20	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	17	17	16	14	16	14	9	20	18	9	10	14	14	7	13	14	12	13	16	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	-	2.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	11	10	-	8

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	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	8	8	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	3	0	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.1 W	3.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	13	13	17	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	10	12
Energy	1028	554	493	771	1519	4031	3733	5735	7413	7873	4816	3963	848	2924	5653	2635	4521	3801	1224	448	3026	3278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:46AM 1.15	8:05AM 1.98				9:00PM 2.11				9:41AM 1.51				9:14PM 2.02				9:13AM 1.48				8:27PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			11:57AM 0.24					3:20AM 0.84				2:48PM 0.51				4:37AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	17	12	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	11	9	10	11	13	16	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	16	12	10	11	10	10	9	10	9	10	11	8	6	8	9	12	16	14	10	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	17	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	15	13	12	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	9	17	15	17	17	17	15	16	15	14	16	16	16	15	-	14	14	9	22	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	-	4.0 NW	-	-	1.1 W	3.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	13	-	12	-	-	12	10	12

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	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Pleasure Point-First Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	8	8	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	3	0	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	12	12	17	17	12	12	17	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	916	548	1028	1034	636	554	461	422	493	515	402	771	717	1097	1519	1080	1002	4031	4486	4167	3733	5021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:46AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)							11:57AM 0.24	12:54PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	12	12	11	12	13	14	17	16	17	13	11	12	15	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	12	13	16	15	16	12	9	12	14	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	12	12	12	17	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	14	14	10	13	9	15	15	17	13	15	15	17	15	17	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	9	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

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