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 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Paso Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	1	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 S	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	11	14	6	9	9	9	16	7	7	7	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	10	10
Energy(?)	645	920	426	245	199	267	418	547	90	293	500	91	662	1709	2064	1175	4771	1087	3875	1570	1418	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:25PM 2.23	9:36AM 2.26		9:47PM 1.77	10:24AM 2.71		11:30PM 1.83	11:14AM 2.68		12:29AM 2.06	11:30AM 1.68		12:10AM 1.72	12:16PM 1.55		12:33AM 1.70	12:23PM 1.67		10:51PM 1.98	12:42PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 1.28		4:48PM -0.25	3:03AM 0.91	4:27AM 1.10	4:33PM -0.16		5:15AM 0.95	5:41PM 0.41		5:46AM 0.35	4:51PM 0.07		6:28AM 0.27	4:10PM 0.59		6:17AM 0.62	4:53PM 0.32		6:34AM 0.64	4:29PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	13	13	17	20	16	16	13	16	16	14	21	10	9	10	17	11	16	18	10	19	14
Low °C	17	13	13	14	15	14	13	12	16	15	12	20	10	7	10	12	10	16	17	7	18	11
Chill °C (?)	21	13	12	17	20	16	15	11	16	15	13	21	9	8	10	16	10	15	17	6	19	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.2 S	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	11	8	13	9	13	12	7	12	7	7	9	11	11	16	11	11	11	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	8	14	15	13	18	16	9	16	17	18	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.7 W	1.3 W	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	8	6	-	9	9	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	11	9	-	5

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	6	7	9	7
Energy(?)	1051	1097	1008	1073	503	586	689	660	348	328	501	519	329	514	530	549	414	314	295	722	653	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								9:33AM 2.03					10:12PM 1.42			8:08AM 2.30				9:09PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		3:44PM 0.24				3:36AM 1.28					4:48PM -0.25				4:18AM 0.57			4:00PM 0.24				2:33AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	13	13	16	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	14	17	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	13	16	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	17	13	17	15	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.3 SSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	13	7	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	9	9	15	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	14	10	10	13	10	13	18	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	7	9	-

	Saturday 28													Sunday 01
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	16	12	15	12	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1213	1150	1376	1563	607	1097	1149	1232	814	848	1157	1001	275	212	955	91	801	211	130	96	152	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						7:10AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)					2:38PM 0.13	3:44PM 0.24										1:20AM 0.92	2:59AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	14	20	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	13	13	18	13	14	20	18	14	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	20	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	13	12	18	13	14	20	18	14	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.6 S	1.7 NNW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	15	12	8	5	5	5	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	15	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	4	8	15	15	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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