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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	8	8	9	10	10	10	17	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	974	934	1499	805	553	1257	733	824	1489	2500	1582	3217	3669	1723	3495	3143	967	1954	1048	891	1083	1222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 1.30	11:09PM 2.09			11:31PM 1.61		2:11PM 1.40	1:03AM 1.59		3:49PM 1.15	1:02AM 1.86		4:01PM 1.47	1:37AM 1.34		4:29PM 1.08	2:37AM 1.20		6:16PM 1.04	4:03AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	8:06AM -0.20	6:19PM 0.92		7:55AM 0.29	4:21PM 0.79		7:02AM -0.17	5:23PM 1.30		9:30AM -0.11	7:20PM 1.05		10:11AM -0.07	7:31PM 1.37		9:01AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.91	10:39AM 0.10		11:17PM 1.21	11:27AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	16	15	18	16	17	29	14	15	23	23	16	16	14	16	20	15	14	14	15	20
Low °C	12	13	14	13	18	15	12	27	11	13	21	18	13	16	13	14	18	12	10	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	18	16	17	29	12	14	23	23	16	16	14	16	20	13	14	13	14	20
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	10	7	16	7	15	14	10	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	8	16	15	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	10	16	20	18	14	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	11	16	19	26	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	8	8	9	-	-

	Monday 01						Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	15	15	8	18	8
Energy	1021	974	1370	934	1231	1158	1499	1458	1038	805	369	553	569	1088	1257	1117	1218	733	765	824	566	1482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:36PM 1.43	2:03PM 1.30			11:09PM 2.09				1:14PM 1.41				11:31PM 1.61					2:11PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	5:54AM -0.22	8:06AM -0.20			5:03PM 1.31				7:37AM -0.29			4:21PM 0.79					7:20AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	16	13	16	16	15	14	15	15	22	18	17	15	16	16	18	17	23	29	18	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	13	15	16	14	13	15	15	22	18	17	15	16	16	18	17	23	29	18	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	17	7	16	16	16	6	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	9	17	10	10	5	16	16	16	15	20	19	18	18	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	8

	Monday 01																		Tuesday 02
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	10	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	8	17	17	17
Energy	3127	3001	1021	1008	1500	974	549	547	1370	756	1191	934	1254	1068	1231	1692	1692	1158	1068	1547	1499	1483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	5:38AM 0.22	6:49AM -0.25											5:56PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	16	16	14	14	13	16	17	13	13	16	14	16	16	16	16	11	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	13	15	16	16	14	13	12	16	17	13	13	16	14	15	16	16	16	11	14	14	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 SW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	11	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10

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