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

	Mon		Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	9	9	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	5.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	4.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	16	6	16	13	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	15	16	15	7	14	10	13	13	12
Energy(?)	492	462	171	567	351	226	1131	957	1275	1636	1325	502	543	451	324	206	634	168	2074	8222	136	6639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:24PM 1.93	10:03AM 1.74		9:31PM 1.39	9:44AM 1.26		9:16PM 0.72	11:57AM 1.75			11:07AM 1.24		10:37PM 1.80	11:56AM 1.17		12:23AM 1.96			11:59PM 1.78		3:25PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	3:51PM 0.22	4:21AM 0.61		2:52PM 0.11	3:31AM 0.15		3:26PM 0.20	3:50AM -0.74	5:51AM -0.05	3:16PM 0.20			4:24PM 0.39		5:36AM -0.33	7:06PM 0.69		7:29AM -0.48	4:33PM 0.99		8:45AM -0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	-	4	3	2	6
High °C	16	12	18	16	10	10	10	8	9	10	16	17	12	14	11	14	11	17	11	9	15	10
Low °C	15	10	14	14	9	9	10	6	7	10	14	14	11	12	7	13	8	16	10	7	15	8
Chill °C (?)	15	9	18	15	10	9	7	5	9	6	14	17	11	13	11	12	9	17	9	7	15	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.5 NW
Period (s)	14	10	7	16	8	8	14	11	10	14	13	9	9	10	8	15	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	6	16	13	12	13	10	8	15	18	17	16	14	15	16	8	8	9	21	13	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	2.2 SW	0.6 W	3.0 W	5.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	6	-	6	-	-	9	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	3	7	6	10	13	5	-

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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	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	0.7 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	14	16	12	7	7	7	7	10	14	10	15	8	10	11
Energy(?)	411	375	617	977	920	889	750	902	213	204	306	1004	663	549	564	880	334	1470	238	1023	1196	1280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:09PM 1.29				8:13AM 0.48				9:10PM 1.44								9:42PM 1.58	11:08PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 0.22				2:54AM 0.37				2:16PM 0.05				3:22AM 0.19				4:33PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	16	10	19	10	12	11	10	11	9	11	11	16	13	6	6
Chill °C (?)	9	8	6	10	9	9	10	15	8	19	10	10	10	9	10	6	11	10	16	12	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 W	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	9	9	15	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	10	8	10	15	7	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	10	16	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	6	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	2.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	9	8	8	9	-	4	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	-	8	-	-

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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	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	State Line Oregon South	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	14	8	14	9	14	14	10	14	9	9	14	14	9	8	8
Energy(?)	363	411	587	538	492	492	492	301	242	140	439	613	640	710	462	506	529	349	249	902	392	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										8:14PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				2:17PM 0.06													3:31AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	15	15	16	15	13	10	15	9	12	11	11	10	9	8	7	15	9	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	14	14	15	13	11	8	14	7	10	10	10	10	7	7	4	14	8	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	15	10	14	14	14	14	8	14	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	18	18	18	18	15	18	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	6	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

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