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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7 day 48 hour

	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	1.8 NW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	9	10	8	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	17	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	598	1263	2061	948	937	507	666	1151	256	663	2777	1519	420	1547	664	858	419	535	697	452	640	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:43PM 1.31		11:01PM 2.20		2:17PM 1.47	12:42AM 1.85		2:42PM 1.42	1:20AM 1.75		3:10PM 1.92	2:07AM 1.60		3:58PM 1.58	3:18AM 1.42		4:47PM 2.50		5:09AM 1.55	4:59PM 2.19		6:18AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 0.89		7:21AM -0.31	6:55PM 0.91		7:45AM -0.24	7:29PM 0.81		8:18AM 0.30		8:28PM 0.74	9:26AM 0.49		9:33PM 0.64	10:04AM 0.69		11:31PM 0.54	11:08AM 0.37		12:25AM 0.32	11:40AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	15	17	19	14	19	15	14	15	15	14	18	13	15	16	17	15	14	21	16	15
Low °C	17	15	12	16	18	11	16	15	12	14	15	12	16	13	13	14	17	14	12	19	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	17	19	14	19	15	14	15	14	14	18	11	14	16	17	14	13	21	15	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	2.0 NW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	18	9	10	10	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	15	11	16	16	15	11	14	16	16	14	20	20	14	17	16	16	12	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	2.2 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	10	-	10	10	9

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	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	9	9	10	9	10	8	8
Energy(?)	857	1011	471	861	669	995	1569	1645	1488	800	817	1363	1017	649	595	1176	1017	624	1202	471	1300	1855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:20PM 1.91				1:44PM 1.42				11:53PM 1.90					2:16PM 1.36			1:08AM 2.65					3:02PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			5:57AM 0.12				5:50PM 0.88				7:09AM 0.14				6:36PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	19	18	16	21	14	13	13	12	15	16	19	17	14	14	14	12	12	16	21	20
Chill °C (?)	14	11	19	18	16	21	14	13	13	12	15	15	19	17	14	13	14	12	12	16	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	16	9	9	17	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	19	19	16	17	12	17	17	12	17	17	17	15	17	9	9	16	16	10	16	15	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	8	9	-	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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