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

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	15	14	13	13	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	7	18	18	9	15	12	16
Energy(?)	358	225	271	312	174	133	230	218	1627	5258	2049	2238	1545	1377	784	380	411	652	317	660	634	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 1.94		11:17PM 2.48	11:21AM 2.44		11:46PM 2.56	12:08PM 2.40		12:13AM 2.60	12:54PM 2.35		12:40AM 2.62	12:23PM 1.65		11:43PM 2.03	1:15PM 1.56	2:06PM 1.23	12:22AM 1.54	12:39PM 1.42	2:47PM 1.16	12:42AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 0.01		5:20AM 0.84	5:31PM 0.68		6:01AM 0.67	6:04PM 0.82		6:40AM 0.54	6:37PM 0.97		6:03AM 0.42	5:37PM 0.97		6:44AM 0.41	6:55PM 0.61		6:14AM 0.47	7:26PM 0.72		8:17AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	11	11	16	14	12	16	10	9	11	12	12	17	17	16	20	19	19	20	16	15
Low °C	11	11	10	10	16	13	12	15	9	8	11	9	7	15	14	10	20	18	13	20	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	13	11	10	16	14	10	16	8	7	8	10	10	16	17	16	20	19	19	20	16	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	1.2 NW	0.9 NNW	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	13	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	7	18	9	8	15	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	15	9	13	8	13	13	15	15	12	13	20	18	16	18	9	11	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Monday 30						Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Latigo Point CAL - LA County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	14	14	14	13	13	16	13	13	13
Energy(?)	265	362	272	225	229	251	271	325	305	312	283	263	253	273	244	221	216	125	115	205	203	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 1.94					11:17PM 2.48				11:21AM 2.44			10:27PM 1.98				10:57AM 1.32				10:51PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)				4:55PM 0.57					5:20AM 0.84							4:43AM 0.57	5:28AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	11	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	15	14	14	13	11	14	20	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	11	13	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	10	13	20	10	13	12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	10	12	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	3	-	3	4	3	3

	Monday 30																		Tuesday 31
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Latigo Point CAL - LA County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	15	8	8	15
Energy(?)	287	441	417	382	382	358	341	294	272	267	266	225	180	186	171	170	305	125	82	330	168	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)						10:30AM 2.45												10:16PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)												4:55PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	12	11	16	16	16	18	14	15	15	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	10	11	9	11	10	12	11	13	14	11	11	16	16	16	18	14	15	15	11	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	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 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	2

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