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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Frankport Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	9	7	5	5	5	5	9	7	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	4.5 NW	2.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	8	20	17	16	16	14	13	17	8	16	14	12	12	20	17	16	17	14
Energy(?)	547	530	749	438	734	1182	3106	4356	2851	2094	893	12205	1222	6088	4559	2879	2486	5986	10648	5376	3638	2113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:21AM 1.80	7:40PM 1.81	8:57PM 1.79	8:49AM 1.87		8:40PM 1.47	10:05AM 1.67		11:08PM 1.82	11:26AM 2.08		10:11PM 1.71	9:58AM 2.02		11:49PM 1.43	11:18AM 1.78		12:56AM 2.23	11:46AM 1.74		1:38AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 0.41	2:00PM 1.01		3:32AM 0.15		2:47PM 0.85	2:56AM 0.11		4:11PM 0.37		5:02AM 0.34	4:05PM 0.56	3:48AM 0.81		5:02PM 0.49		5:08AM 0.59	6:54PM 0.01		6:03AM 0.72	7:05PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	16	15	15	12	16	20	13	13	14	16	19	13	15	17	13	15	14	17	11
Low °C	13	10	11	15	12	15	12	13	19	12	12	13	15	16	13	11	14	12	12	11	17	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	16	15	14	11	16	20	12	12	12	15	19	12	14	17	12	14	14	16	10
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	4.5 NW	1.1 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	15	15	8	13	17	16	16	14	13	17	13	16	14	12	12	13	17	16	17	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	2.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	6	14	20	8	9	16	16	17	15	14	14	16	15	24	20	15	15	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	17	15	16	14	15	16	15	15	8	8	15	15	15	8	8	20	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	630	633	547	578	525	607	333	716	801	1188	1013	636	718	658	526	1031	1548	3145	3106	3348	3957	3795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 1.83					8:21AM 1.80				9:13PM 1.84				8:49AM 1.87				10:15PM 1.83				10:28AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)			1:34AM 0.41	2:42AM 0.09				2:35PM 0.68				2:15AM 0.49				3:27PM 0.52				3:55AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	10	13	16	19	13	11	11	11	16	16	20	19	15	13	12	12	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	9	12	15	19	12	10	11	11	16	16	20	19	15	13	12	12	10	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	8	13	8	15	16	15	7	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	2.0 NW	2.2 NNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	15	14	15	7	14	8	13	13	15	13	13	7	15	15	14	14	20	18	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	1.3 NW	-	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	5	5	6	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15						Thursday 16
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	17	9	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	14	15	14	15	14
Energy(?)	678	645	630	471	690	633	530	595	569	538	710	479	479	525	348	651	530	522	367	443	550	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 1.83															9:03AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)										2:53AM 0.07
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	12	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	10	11	11	14	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	12	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	10	11	10	13	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	16	7	14	7	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	16	14	14	14	15	7	13	7	12	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7

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