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 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	15	14	13	13	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	7	18	18	10	16	16	15	11
Energy(?)	225	266	312	174	217	29	218	1770	5046	872	2133	1425	1398	568	355	411	558	255	603	589	560	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 2.48	11:24AM 1.92		11:46PM 2.56	12:08PM 2.40		12:13AM 2.60	12:54PM 2.35		11:17PM 2.04	12:23PM 1.65		11:43PM 2.03			12:57AM 2.17	1:02PM 0.96	2:12PM 1.46	12:40AM 1.93		3:48PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	4:55PM 0.57		5:28AM 0.29	4:57PM 0.10		6:01AM 0.67	6:04PM 0.82		6:40AM 0.54	6:37PM 0.97		6:03AM 0.42	5:37PM 0.97		7:27AM -0.05	6:56PM 1.17		6:33AM 0.01	6:29PM 1.20		8:18AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	17	12	19	16	10	9	16	12	12	17	15	16	22	19	16	20	16	14	16
Low °C	11	10	10	16	11	16	16	9	7	15	9	7	15	14	11	22	18	14	19	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	17	12	19	16	7	8	15	10	11	16	14	16	22	19	16	20	16	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	7:38	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSE	0.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	16	13	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	7	18	9	8	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	10	14	15	14	13	8	13	13	15	15	12	13	20	18	16	18	10	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11
Energy(?)	272	225	297	339	266	330	305	312	283	263	236	257	244	221	215	182	177	49	208	211	219	1385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:53PM 1.59	11:17PM 2.48				11:21AM 2.44			10:27PM 1.98					11:32AM 1.99			10:51PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		4:55PM 0.57	5:01PM 0.01				5:20AM 0.84							4:43AM 0.57	5:28AM 0.13			3:55PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	15	14	14	14	11	12	13	19	13	13	13	9
Chill °C (?)	14	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	10	10	12	19	13	13	12	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	16	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	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 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	10	12	10	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	4	6	6	6	-

	Monday 30												Tuesday 31
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	8	9
Energy(?)	341	294	316	369	266	225	225	229	229	212	159	156	146	171	259	335	308	34	126	106	151	245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)												10:02PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)						4:55PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	14	12	11	12	13	11	11	17	16	15	16	12	12	12	17	16	17	18	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	13	10	11	17	16	15	15	12	11	11	17	16	17	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

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Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
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