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

	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	16	8	13	8	14	13
Energy(?)	579	486	558	551	668	545	458	590	520	507	571	681	627	445	582	361	462	458	190	326	318	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:15PM 1.31		8:44AM 1.01	5:40PM 1.84		8:30AM 1.17	6:30PM 1.55		10:12AM 1.25	7:30PM 1.60		10:26AM 1.38	7:38PM 2.15	9:18PM 1.87	11:08AM 1.41		8:05PM 1.83	10:59AM 1.36		8:43PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17PM 0.36			12:29AM 0.29	9:53AM 1.01		1:53AM 0.50	12:16PM 1.01		2:16AM 0.08		2:09PM 1.02	2:03AM -0.02			4:30AM -0.04		3:56PM 0.73	3:00AM -0.13		3:53PM 0.95	3:23AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	30	20	18	27	25	17	23	27	26	24	23	16	25	23	22	18	15	17	19	18
Low °C	23	23	29	16	15	26	24	17	22	24	23	23	22	16	25	21	21	17	15	14	19	17
Chill °C (?)	24	25	30	20	18	27	25	17	23	27	26	24	23	16	25	23	22	18	13	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	0.5 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	16	15	14	7	8	7	8	14	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	5	12	11	12	-	4	7	18	6	9	7	16	6	7	7	13	11	13	13	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 WSW	-	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	6	10	11	-	7	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Sat		Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	7	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	671	535	660	650	709	680	501	533	522	617	767	755	671	505	420	650	1144	1109	505	502	634	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								3:42PM 1.48						8:47AM 1.20			6:30PM 1.57					8:26AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 0.47									12:29AM 0.29								12:59AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	21	23	26	30	25	23	21	19	19	24	22	25	18	17	17	23	15	19	29
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	21	23	26	30	25	23	21	19	19	24	22	25	18	17	17	23	15	19	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	18	7	17	6	17	16	17	6	7	7	16	16	15	16	7	7	15	8	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	18	12	17	12	9	10	16	16	16	12	8	11	9	16	16	4	15	15	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.1 WNW	0.3 W	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	7	-	-	6	5	6	6	7	7	-	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	4

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	19	18	18	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	545	583	471	671	550	550	361	595	557	643	645	650	720	434	520	509	554	516	637	531	655	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							11:52PM 0.68											10:23AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	23	23	22	23	23	22	23	22	21	21	21	22	17	23	18	20	20	26	29	25	26
Chill °C (?)	28	23	23	22	23	23	22	23	22	21	21	21	22	17	23	18	20	20	26	29	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	19	18	18	6	18	6	6	7	7	17	18	17	15	18	18	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	12	12	13	12	15	18	12	18	18	18	18	12	12	10	18	15	15	10	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	6	6	7	7	-	5	-	5	5	5	-	6	6	4

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