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

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	8	16	14	10	9	8	8	12	9	13	9	9	16	15	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	16
Energy	188	1089	795	439	727	1384	356	704	624	51	777	928	1041	988	1463	1157	1022	669	569	631	566	615
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:18AM 2.19		10:41PM 1.71	12:09PM 1.64		10:21PM 1.54	12:30PM 1.23		11:28PM 1.73			11:42PM 1.68	1:28PM 1.55		12:34AM 1.67		2:49PM 1.22	1:12AM 1.45		3:39PM 1.19	2:01AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 0.56		5:48AM -0.11	4:05PM 1.00		5:54AM -0.16	6:08PM 0.72		7:19AM -0.14	5:49PM 0.70		6:33AM 0.27	5:41PM 0.92		7:45AM -0.19	7:18PM 1.00		8:52AM -0.12	8:00PM 1.04	8:57PM 0.61	8:07AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	11	16	14	13	16	18	14	18	16	11	12	13	12	11	15	11	12	15	14	13
Low °C	13	11	10	12	14	11	12	17	11	16	15	11	11	13	11	11	15	10	11	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	10	8	16	13	11	16	18	14	18	15	8	12	12	12	10	14	11	12	14	12	12
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	16	14	10	13	8	8	13	9	6	12	9	9	9	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	18	16	15	18	8	9	8	8	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	9	8	-	12	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	8	18	18	16	18	8	15	14	14	14	14	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	684	1007	1045	536	343	345	1103	1024	1680	1062	1071	1154	395	432	1036	1433	1384	1382	1346	1433	502	962
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)																					12:57PM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)						3:35PM 0.40					5:16AM -0.08			4:10PM 0.55					6:27AM -0.12			4:42PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	11	10	20	21	10	11	9	10	11	15	19	20	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	7	9	11	8	20	21	8	11	7	9	11	15	19	20	12	12	10	11	11	15	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	11	11	15	7	8	7	7	9	9	13	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	18	18	7	18	18	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	7	8	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9

	Wednesday 29
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.0 NNW	1.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	18	12	12	8	16	18	18	17	18	8	18	16	16	10	10	10	16	16	16
Energy	674	793	565	410	169	170	762	680	967	834	775	474	188	343	895	983	818	818	814	618	230	362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												10:44AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)																		4:54PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	11	9	11	11	10	9	10	10	14	16	19	20	15	14	13	11	11	12	11	15
Chill °C (?)	8	7	11	8	11	11	9	8	8	10	13	16	19	20	15	13	11	8	8	10	8	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.7 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	8	7	6	6	11	7	18	8	17	8	8	11	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	19	11	11	12	12	19	16	11	18	11	11	11	18	16	10	12	12	12	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	10	10	10	6	6	8

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