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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	15	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	24	21	10	19	18	17	9
Energy	762	1892	2449	1750	3556	3831	1907	3784	1503	1364	1137	1860	1040	2503	2424	1065	1355	1368	1352	3126	1045	729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:17PM 1.15	12:09AM 1.55		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:01PM 1.47	1:44AM 1.75		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:16PM 1.29	3:56AM 1.07		7:14PM 1.92		6:46AM 1.86	6:31PM 1.97		6:21AM 0.95	6:59PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	6:29PM 1.06		8:52AM -0.18	7:20PM 1.05		9:34AM -0.12	7:31PM 1.37	8:23PM 1.39	9:39AM 0.48		9:29PM 0.91	9:40AM 0.08		11:04PM 0.79	10:17AM 0.66		12:25AM 1.01	12:39PM 1.00		1:20AM 0.34	11:45AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	15	22	16	16	16	17	19	22	15	16	20	15	17	14	17	13	22	15	16	20
Low °C	22	16	12	22	11	14	16	15	13	21	12	11	19	14	15	13	15	13	21	12	16	19
Chill °C (?)	24	20	15	22	16	16	16	17	19	22	13	16	20	13	17	13	16	12	22	13	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.8 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	9	15	9	9	8	7	10	19	8	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 W	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	20	18	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	12	16	16	26	15	14	14	21	21	13	18	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	-	7	-	6	8	-	9

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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	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	15	15	18	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	17	10	10	10
Energy	495	762	558	2543	1892	1328	2429	2449	1535	1750	1769	3576	3556	3521	4657	3831	1978	1907	1697	3849	3784	3882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 1.15			12:09AM 1.55					3:49PM 1.15			1:03AM 1.41					4:01PM 1.47			1:44AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)							7:39AM -0.14	8:52AM -0.18			7:20PM 1.05					9:34AM -0.12			6:57PM 0.13	8:23PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	24	16	16	17	12	13	15	22	22	16	13	12	14	17	16	18	16	14	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	22	24	16	16	17	12	13	15	22	22	16	13	12	14	17	16	18	16	14	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	8	8	8	10	10	19	19	17	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	19	20	18	14	18	10	18	19	16	16	20	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	7	7	-	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	10	10

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	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	Exiles CAL - LA County	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	18	15	8	8	18	8	8	8	8	18	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	294	499	495	672	692	762	800	806	558	1409	1179	2543	1171	1486	1892	1828	1932	1328	1593	2039	2429	2576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)														12:09AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)							5:23PM 1.30														7:39AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	22	23	22	24	26	24	16	16	19	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	21	22	23	22	24	26	24	16	16	19	16	16	16	17	15	14	12	12	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	8	8	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	19	19	19	18	20	18	18	18	18	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	10	10	18	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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