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

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	4	5	9	9	7	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	1.8 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.5 W	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	10	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1243	768	402	2430	4101	11487	9492	2153	4715	6566	4792	2377	2129	1708	1511	1402	469	2283	2481	3834	1443	2268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 1.70	10:19AM 2.98		11:24PM 1.86	9:13AM 2.43		11:31PM 1.59	9:18AM 2.35		1:18AM 1.44	11:19AM 1.98		3:16AM 1.68			3:48AM 1.41		2:42PM 2.16		5:26AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		3:20PM 0.14	2:44AM 0.95	4:15AM 1.11	5:19PM -0.05			3:36PM -0.07	3:53AM 1.12		4:23PM -0.01		5:08AM 0.92		8:15PM -0.51	7:47AM 1.05		8:28PM -0.28	8:06AM 1.00		9:37PM -0.18	10:10AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	32	2	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	16	14	15	15	15	15	17	19	14	14	13	18	21	20	18	19	16	16	18	16	18	13
Low °C	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	18	12	13	12	17	20	18	18	19	15	15	17	14	17	13
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	14	14	14	16	18	12	14	12	17	21	20	18	19	16	16	18	16	18	12
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	1.8 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.5 W	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	7	10	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.3 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	10	9	-	16	15	12	14	13	13	19	18	18	8	12	15	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Lighthouse (Punta San Jose) Baja Norte	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	3.5 SW	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	2141	1933	1597	1309	1051	1151	1082	541	512	1126	590	3784	1413	3463	5623	9992	11013	11025	10787	9492	7416	6861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:40AM 2.87				8:13PM 1.72				9:27AM 2.01					11:34PM 1.49				10:38AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 0.83				3:57PM 0.15				1:36AM 0.75					5:44PM -0.50				4:19AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	16	16	16	17	15	15	14	17	13	16	17	15	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	14	14	13	17	12	16	17	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 S	0.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	7	10	16	9	-	8	17	-	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	3.5 SW	1.5 S	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	4	-	-	10	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Lighthouse (Punta San Jose) Baja Norte	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8
Energy(?)	2241	2241	2141	1939	1926	1692	1556	699	999	1929	911	801	798	1226	1252	1237	1323	1226	1132	1366	568	1619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										7:20AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)																			4:03PM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	17	13	15	18	15	17	16	17	17	18	17	16	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	17	13	15	18	14	17	15	16	16	17	16	14	17	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	8

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