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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	20	19	18	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	960	813	934	961	675	711	822	1049	1297	970	932	744	565	593	471	407	479	520	603	786	1595	1519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 1.09	8:11AM 1.48		10:47PM 1.49	8:57AM 1.99		10:17PM 1.74	9:41AM 1.98		10:05PM 1.83	9:05AM 2.05		9:39PM 1.54	10:04AM 1.85		11:31PM 2.06	12:19PM 1.33		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20	2:24PM 1.85	2:05AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)	2:16AM 0.67		3:59PM -0.04	4:05AM 0.76		3:50PM 0.37	3:44AM 0.90		4:19PM 0.41	3:52AM 0.69		3:34PM -0.12	3:51AM 0.00		5:09PM 0.05		5:48AM 0.00	4:27PM 0.11		5:19AM -0.11	7:59PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	25	17	17	25	23	15	18	17	14	19	19	17	19	17	23	24	26	17	18	19	13
Low °C	15	18	16	17	21	22	14	13	17	13	15	18	16	15	16	21	19	24	15	14	18	12
Chill °C (?)	15	25	17	17	25	23	15	18	17	14	19	19	17	19	17	23	24	26	17	18	18	12
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	6	12	12	11	10	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	20	19	18	18	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12	11	6	16	15	15	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	10	-

	Sat		Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	20	20	20	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	13	12
Energy(?)	1144	1130	1304	1023	1095	1070	1104	1063	1166	1145	1001	658	733	1029	648	722	664	620	638	632	1073	1069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:30PM 1.09				8:12AM 1.95				9:27PM 1.62			7:55AM 1.58	8:03AM 1.96				8:51PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				3:15AM 0.91				3:20PM 0.36			1:51AM 0.89					3:50PM 0.37				2:34AM 0.26	5:19AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	11	9	17	21	27	26	18	18	17	19	20	17	27	24	22	20	21	21	13	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	11	7	17	21	27	26	18	18	17	19	20	17	27	24	22	20	21	21	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	8	18	8	7	16	16	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	9	20	20	20	20	8	13	12	18	8	18	17	12	12	12	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	22	10	10	8	8	7	8	8	8	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Energy(?)	790	663	1210	831	758	758	991	835	960	1674	677	615	629	1181	679	1122	568	721	592	591	422	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					9:42PM 1.59											8:12AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	12	11	15	15	18	18	15	15	16	17	16	15	15	18	17	20	20	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	11	9	14	14	18	18	14	14	16	17	16	14	15	18	17	20	20	20	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	14	15	11	11	8	8	8	8	9	20	20	8	8	8	8	20	20	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	22	14	21	21	14	14	14	14	11	20	13	13	13	20	20	10	20	13	13	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	-	10	10	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	9

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