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

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Heavens CAL - LA County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	15	16	17	13	15	15	16	11	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	16	7	12
Energy(?)	170	228	414	354	395	636	630	471	612	598	123	838	761	716	616	441	774	869	250	318	367	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 1.69			3:38AM 1.21		7:08PM 0.99	8:47PM 2.06	6:03AM 1.83			8:02AM 1.63	7:21PM 1.20	8:30PM 1.19	6:45AM 1.35	7:40PM 1.34				10:07PM 1.57	8:15AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:55AM 0.24			10:41AM 0.66			11:57AM 0.58		1:18AM 1.79	1:40PM 0.59					2:00AM 0.57	1:25PM -0.01					4:16AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	2	11	2	9	6	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	14	14	18	14	13	14	11	11	9	12	9	13	11	11	12	13	17	17	12	11
Low °C	15	19	12	12	17	12	12	14	10	11	7	10	8	12	10	10	11	9	12	16	10	7
Chill °C (?)	18	19	14	14	18	14	13	13	10	9	6	11	7	11	10	10	10	12	17	17	10	11
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NNW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	7	13	9	9	16	17	8	15	8	16	8	8	10	10	10	10	15	9	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	8	9	8	13	13	12	12	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	16	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08						Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	16	8	7	16	16	16	16	15	14	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	313	301	209	240	228	1041	547	422	516	364	502	317	597	610	791	604	549	633	525	529	670	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							1:45AM 1.72						7:34PM 1.35			3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		10:00AM -0.75									11:51AM 0.62								12:50PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	21	19	19	18	19	17	17	12	14	15	13	12	17	14	17	17	14	14	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	16	21	19	19	18	19	17	17	12	13	14	13	12	17	14	17	17	13	13	12	12	17
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	6	7	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	17	16	8	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	14	5	8	5	13	7	13	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08																		Thursday 09
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.4 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	13	8	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	16
Energy(?)	372	452	246	203	216	211	162	248	244	187	190	139	24	276	401	309	307	307	307	145	415	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					9:22AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	17	21	19	19	16	16	16	15	12	18	16	17	17	13	13	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	15	16	17	21	19	19	16	16	16	15	11	18	15	17	17	13	13	13	12	16
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	6	7	7	7	6	13	7	8	13	13	8	8	7	13	7	16	13	13	7	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	12	7	7	7	10	13	16	13	6	9	9	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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