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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1368	2028	2151	674	659	606	448	438	636	670	677	1122	1257	1282	1454	1049	1531	1058	1032	928	374	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 2.24		9:29PM 1.78	9:30AM 0.49		10:08PM 2.14	10:27AM 1.84		11:34PM 2.48	12:10PM 2.48		12:43AM 1.95	12:36PM 1.85		11:40PM 1.76	11:38AM 1.95		12:26AM 1.65	1:02PM 1.69		2:34AM 2.29	1:54PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 0.69	4:15AM -0.01		3:00PM 0.84	4:45AM 0.45		4:14PM 0.78		5:53AM 0.61	6:37PM 0.37		6:28AM 0.30	6:17PM 0.64		5:28AM 0.78	6:13PM 0.55		7:10AM 0.60	7:54PM 0.18	8:14PM 0.60	7:56AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	14	17	19	16	17	16	16	20	19	16	20	18	15	19	16	16	17	18	16	22
Low °C	17	17	14	14	19	15	17	16	15	16	18	15	16	17	14	15	16	15	15	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	19	16	14	17	19	16	17	16	16	20	19	15	20	18	13	19	16	16	17	18	16	22
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	12	12	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	15	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12
Energy(?)	1390	1735	2022	390	504	1260	1241	1097	1404	1095	1350	1044	1024	533	552	634	559	552	558	515	505	778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:56AM 0.44				8:40PM 2.04					11:13AM 1.71			9:28PM 2.00					11:52AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)		3:34AM -0.05				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06			4:15PM 0.99				4:05AM 0.40	5:09AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	20	22	16	18	17	16	15	14	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	17	18	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	20	22	16	18	17	16	15	14	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	17	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	15	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 18
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	3.0 NW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	15	15	9	15	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	9	9
Energy(?)	1009	1101	1210	429	510	2284	532	535	1492	1522	2214	2216	2380	1315	957	1031	1056	1056	273	206	1328	2109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				2:08AM -1.01												2:47PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	17	18	17	18	18	15	16	15	16	17	19	18	19	19	18	16	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	17	18	16	18	18	15	16	15	16	16	19	18	19	19	18	15	14	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 S	0.9 NW	2.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.6 S	3.5 NNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	15	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	15	15	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	-	0.6 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	9

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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