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

	Sun	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	12	8	11	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	326	259	315	2312	1915	930	1594	3378	1779	2015	661	763	1012	1817	856	1515	1276	924	428	418	596	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:53AM 2.14		9:36PM 1.90	8:22AM 2.55		10:25PM 1.97	9:09AM 2.74		11:08PM 2.03	9:05AM 1.88		11:48PM 2.07	10:12AM 2.66		12:27AM 2.09	9:26AM 1.75		12:44AM 1.27	10:02AM 1.73		1:47AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 1.34		3:02PM 0.61	2:11AM 1.44		3:41PM 0.47	2:56AM 1.51		4:18PM 0.36	3:39AM 1.54		4:31PM -0.12		4:19AM 1.55	5:33PM 0.23			4:46PM -0.18		4:12AM 1.12	5:42PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	7	-	1	3	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	2
High °C	15	14	17	16	16	19	15	11	11	14	23	15	13	14	13	10	11	10	16	16	11	10
Low °C	12	13	16	14	15	17	10	10	10	10	19	14	13	14	13	8	11	10	15	16	10	9
Chill °C (?)	15	12	17	16	16	19	13	11	9	13	23	15	12	12	12	8	9	9	16	16	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	0.5 NW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	2.4 WSW	1.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	15	15	9	13	16	13	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	12	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	303	501	326	265	290	356	529	1501	1255	1907	1435	1809	2092	1915	1523	1531	1003	1018	1040	1016	1068	3378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:38PM 1.44				7:47AM 2.52				9:36PM 1.90				8:22AM 2.55					10:14PM 1.20			9:05AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)				1:23AM 1.34				3:13PM 0.68				1:32AM 0.87				3:41PM 0.47				1:55AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	3	8	1	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	14	15	14	15	13	14	14	16	16	15	16	15	16	17	16	17	16	18	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	13	15	13	15	12	14	14	16	16	15	16	14	15	17	16	17	16	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	5	15	15	15	14	11	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	12	13	15	15	15	15	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	State Line Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Frankport Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	360	522	303	299	304	265	265	480	326	320	176	173	265	278	290	284	143	139	138	112	115	997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					8:35PM 1.83											7:47AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)										1:23AM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	14	13	14	11	11	15	16	15	14	14	16	18	19	21	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	13	13	13	10	11	14	16	15	14	14	16	18	19	21	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	5	5	5	5	5	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-

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Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
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