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

	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 NW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	8	14	8	9	9	9	16	8	16	15	24	15	21	21	19	19	18	18
Energy	1644	1118	1312	1020	2354	558	963	1486	1410	1083	710	547	687	747	773	860	1290	1143	1454	1060	1407	1397
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:59PM 1.63		8:23AM 0.99	7:33PM 1.82	8:25PM 1.90	8:32AM 1.17		9:08PM 2.02	11:17AM 1.23		8:01PM 2.03	12:32PM 2.18		8:49PM 2.08	1:25PM 2.24		12:07AM 3.06		2:06PM 1.46	10:28PM 2.01		2:56PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 0.11	1:13PM 0.64		3:41AM -0.21	1:16PM 0.55	2:40PM 0.68	4:30AM -0.41		3:34PM 0.74	3:30AM -0.45	5:45AM -0.11	4:23PM 1.31	4:18AM -0.51	6:36AM -0.20	5:20PM 1.32		7:08AM -0.71	6:37PM 0.85		7:58AM -0.63	7:37PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	21	20	14	22	19	12	16	14	20	18	16	20	17	18	16	14	15	20	14	15
Low °C	23	18	20	20	12	20	19	11	13	13	19	16	16	18	16	17	15	13	14	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	24	19	21	20	13	22	19	12	15	14	20	18	16	20	17	18	16	14	15	20	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.0 S	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	17	16	10	10	8	14	8	9	9	9	16	8	9	15	8	15	8	9	9	19	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.6 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	9	16	15	15	10	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	12	24	8	21	21	19	14	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.2 S	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s)	16	17	10	10	16	16	16	16	10	15	9	8	8	14	14	14	10	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	1775	1644	3153	3073	1118	1122	1280	1312	1145	1020	2233	1764	2354	1138	1097	558	525	963	1020	2190	1486	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:53PM 2.08					8:23AM 0.99				8:25PM 1.90				8:32AM 1.17				9:58PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.86				1:04AM 0.11									2:02AM 0.24				2:40PM 0.68				4:30AM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	20	21	19	19	20	21	17	20	14	12	13	16	16	22	16	19	16	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	23	20	21	19	19	20	21	17	20	13	11	12	16	16	22	15	19	16	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	10	17	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	10	16	15	8	10	10	14	10	8	8	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	9	11	16	16	16	15	13	13	15	14	14	10	14	14	14	20	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

	Wednesday 10												Thursday 11
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	9	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	9
Energy	1557	1960	1775	1870	1695	1644	1644	1772	3153	3153	3140	3073	3040	3040	1118	1124	1116	1122	1322	1343	1280	2028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								6:30PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)															1:04AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	29	24	23	22	19	20	21	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	29	24	23	22	19	20	21	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	10	10	17	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	10	10	11	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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