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

	Fri		Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Exiles CAL - LA County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Tajiguas Ranch CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	9	9	10	10	11	19	18	18	17	16	16	8	15	8	9	19	19	18	17	18
Energy	829	1141	798	874	2537	1351	1357	1283	431	811	1627	1160	730	1704	697	1011	1180	1319	684	1722	1963	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:19PM 1.71	1:05PM 0.91		10:04PM 1.61			10:35PM 1.61	11:51AM 1.46	2:03PM 1.30	11:09PM 2.09		2:12PM 1.53	11:31PM 1.61		2:11PM 1.40	11:43PM 1.96		2:29PM 0.95	1:03AM 1.41		4:50PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	5:21PM 0.50	4:50AM -0.18	6:30AM -0.15	4:19PM 0.92		7:32AM -0.20	3:41PM 1.19		5:06AM 0.24	6:19PM 0.92		8:42AM -0.20	5:54PM 1.35		7:40AM 0.28	5:23PM 1.30		8:32AM -0.13	5:47PM 0.86		8:22AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	21	16	13	26	15	18	14	16	11	19	14	19	27	18	15	17	16	16	13
Low °C	13	13	11	19	10	10	26	12	17	13	14	10	18	13	12	27	14	13	16	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	21	16	12	26	15	18	13	15	9	19	12	19	27	18	14	17	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	10	10	20	10	18	10	10	9	16	7	15	14	9	19	19	8	8	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	6	14	14	22	21	16	19	6	18	17	16	21	16	19	18	18	10	7	18	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	10	-	11	-	-	-	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	-	8	8	5

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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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	9	13	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	12	11	10	11	19	19
Energy	1112	829	1439	1461	1141	1121	1070	798	745	874	1044	1253	2537	3254	1370	1351	1076	1357	2496	3206	1283	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 1.23			10:22PM 1.77					11:53AM 1.55								11:40AM 1.45			10:21PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)							5:33AM -0.17			4:19PM 0.92					5:22AM -0.23			3:41PM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	10	13	9	12	13	19	21	15	8	10	10	11	13	23	26	15	17	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	8	12	9	12	12	19	21	15	7	10	10	11	12	23	26	15	17	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	8	13	13	13	13	12	8	10	10	10	10	12	20	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	6	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	22	22	21	21	20	16	20	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	7	8	6	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	10	10	-	-	10	11	10	11	-	-

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	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9
Energy	1445	1409	1112	855	837	829	861	320	1439	1445	1482	1461	1488	1354	1141	1104	1011	1121	1029	1416	1070	1038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:44AM 1.24											10:22PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:00AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	17	13	13	18	20	12	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	9	9	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	17	12	12	18	20	12	11	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	9	9	7	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	8	14	14	14	8	8	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	6	13	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.3 W	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	9	9	-	6	7	7	7	8	8	-	6	6	6	-	-	8	9	9

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