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

	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 W	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	12	10	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	12264	5371	1939	1644	1483	1812	1399	1129	978	926	1734	969	1715	943	403	1002	2237	3345	3242	1599	1888	1252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:25AM 1.49	1:46PM 1.63	2:30PM 1.98		5:28AM 1.45	3:07PM 2.47		6:18AM 2.02	2:34PM 1.74		7:30AM 1.23	3:53PM 1.68		7:31AM 1.27	5:46PM 1.26		8:18AM 1.53	7:18PM 1.46		7:56AM 1.85	7:41PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	9:21PM -0.00	7:43AM 1.03		10:08PM 0.06	9:32AM 1.20		10:47PM 0.69	10:15AM 1.83		10:23PM 0.15	11:39AM 1.12		11:26PM 0.14	12:39PM 0.95		12:54AM 0.15	1:57PM 0.82		1:11AM 0.56		2:01PM 0.89	1:49AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	16	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	17	15	18	19	19	22	23	13	15	25	19	23	23	21	15	16	16	23	19	18
Low °C	9	10	16	10	13	19	16	19	22	13	13	23	19	18	22	19	13	16	16	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	9	9	17	15	18	18	19	22	23	12	15	25	19	23	23	21	15	16	16	23	19	18
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 W	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.5 SW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	17	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	12	10	14	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	18	16	16	17	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	24	13	22	21	17	20	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	11	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	6.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	13781	11926	11593	9004	7044	5562	4212	3363	3029	1691	1644	4623	1429	1158	3781	3217	3158	3155	1399	1272	1292	1129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:25AM 1.49				2:24PM 2.53							1:06PM 1.40						6:51AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		8:38PM 0.05				8:36AM 1.70				8:18PM 0.11								10:24PM 0.14				8:39AM 1.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	6	6	10	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	11	11	9	10	12	16	13	11	12	10	14	20	20	11	12	18	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	10	11	9	9	11	16	12	9	10	9	14	20	20	9	10	18	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	6.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	6.0 W	6.0 W	5.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	10553	6822	13781	13781	13808	15621	13470	12386	2752	2173	2484	2269	2885	3059	2256	2562	4650	4519	5302	5062	4679	4386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				12:49PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)					9:21PM -0.00								5:13AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	13	13	10	12	11	16	14	14	16	14	14	15	17	12	14	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	12	12	8	10	9	16	14	14	16	14	14	15	17	9	12	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	6.0 W	6.0 W	5.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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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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