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.

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: California Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, California Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, California Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, California Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: California Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: California Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, California Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, California Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, California Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

California Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NNW	0.7 S	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	14	14	15	8	8	8	12	12	13	11	19	10	14	13	13	11	16	8
Energy(?)	816	364	1308	639	346	306	103	285	479	455	1457	1709	797	564	458	428	521	690	635	2305	599	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49PM 2.34	11:37AM 1.27		10:45PM 2.28	12:20PM 1.66		10:16PM 2.27			11:32PM 2.30			11:31PM 1.75		2:23PM 1.37	12:32AM 2.10		4:18PM 1.38	3:07AM 2.00		6:21PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)			5:26PM 0.40		5:50AM 0.13	3:55PM 0.82		8:11AM -0.26	5:53PM 1.14		7:39AM 0.07	5:52PM 1.17		8:11AM 0.17	5:49PM 1.23		8:32AM -0.11	7:15PM 1.32	9:11PM 1.37	10:58AM 0.27		11:57PM 1.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	-	6	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	14	19	16	12	14	14	14	11	12	14	14	18	12	12	11	11	11	16	12
Low °C	14	11	17	12	17	16	11	12	13	11	11	12	13	12	18	10	11	10	10	9	15	9
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	13	19	16	12	14	14	14	9	11	13	12	18	12	12	9	11	10	15	10
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	10	15	14	9	15	8	8	8	12	12	13	11	13	10	8	13	13	11	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	17	13	13	12	10	14	8	14	14	16	7	6	7	6	19	15	14	8	8	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	8	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8

	Thu		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	8
Energy(?)	1521	1662	1363	1187	1039	1148	1108	680	1238	1311	1049	1034	263	534	274	272	250	267	237	216	207	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:25PM 1.61	11:05PM 1.82			10:02AM 1.63				10:12PM 2.28								10:04PM 2.37	11:23PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)					5:01AM 0.26											3:47PM 0.83					6:30AM -0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	9	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	17	18	19	19	18	18	14	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	17	18	19	19	18	18	14	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	15	14	14	9	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	17	13	15	16	13	16	15	15	15	5	14	10	6	6	7	14	8	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16						Friday 17
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.5 S	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	17	10	14	14	14	15	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	516	649	2073	1332	1288	859	859	1844	2468	1412	2410	1307	327	1202	212	228	425	594	764	760	464	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																	9:44AM 1.32		11:21AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)												4:26AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	14	12	15	12	15	16	18	18	16	17	18	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	11	14	11	15	16	18	18	15	16	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	0.7 W	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	14	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	11	13	13	14	17	13	17	13	13	13	14	14	8	15	13	13	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None