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

	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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 River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon 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	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	7	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	7	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	15	13	12	16	10	16	15	10	13	15	15	15
Energy(?)	4249	2294	1304	1960	1551	1438	837	892	1034	990	1324	1140	825	728	322	642	1939	3018	2204	5167	5140	6154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:54AM 2.41	12:52PM 2.50		2:41AM 1.41		1:43PM 2.35	2:59AM 1.50	12:43PM 1.98	1:13PM 1.67		5:02AM 2.20	2:32PM 1.84		5:18AM 1.75	3:55PM 1.70		5:13AM 1.68	4:27PM 1.52		6:31AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07PM -0.14	6:53AM 0.97		7:30PM -0.39	7:44AM 1.57		7:30PM 0.15	6:40AM 1.34		8:37PM -0.12	10:09AM 1.55		10:01PM 0.35	10:41AM 1.22		10:11PM 0.45	11:05AM 0.98		11:42PM 0.60	12:53PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	21	-
High °C	15	21	16	22	21	18	25	17	15	27	25	24	25	22	14	19	21	17	22	18	17	21
Low °C	15	18	15	21	20	18	24	17	14	27	23	23	22	21	13	17	17	16	21	15	16	21
Chill °C (?)	15	21	16	22	21	18	25	17	15	27	25	24	25	22	14	19	21	17	22	18	16	21
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	10	9	15	14	13	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	18	18	12	12	16	15	10	10	16	8	16	16	16	14	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 SW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	7	10	8	9	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	7775	3807	6277	5836	4986	4563	3677	3341	6629	3020	1090	1041	1516	1551	1371	1222	1063	1304	1185	1087	769	571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:01PM 1.55	1:16AM 1.78			11:55AM 3.18				12:18AM 1.49				12:35PM 2.91								12:10PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			5:57AM 1.38					7:22PM -0.59			5:08AM 1.01				6:56PM 0.00				4:26AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	17	17	15	20	16	21	20	21	22	18	18	18	24	25
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	16	17	15	20	16	21	20	21	22	18	18	18	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	-	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	13	18	18	18	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3988	4536	4061	4134	4985	3850	5249	4612	9144	9144	1635	1642	5063	2697	2483	2446	2309	3256	3212	3123	2621	2775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:57AM 2.47	1:16AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)																			4:49PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	16	17	17	19	15	22	22	22	21	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	15	16	17	19	15	22	22	22	21	18	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	16	13	12	14	12	14	15	15	14	14	-	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5

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