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

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Lighthouse (Punta San Jose) Baja Norte	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Marina CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Frankport Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	6	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	9	8	8	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	12	11
Energy(?)	2003	679	711	306	211	6092	2855	2771	4219	3057	2359	887	619	367	285	340	459	754	1080	877	734	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 1.90		2:54AM 1.26		2:17PM 1.68		12:27PM 1.61		2:29AM 1.30		1:48PM 1.40	3:27AM 1.49	5:51AM 2.10	6:13PM 1.91	4:00AM 2.03	6:22AM 1.89	6:30PM 1.31	7:16PM 1.46	7:24AM 2.35		8:11PM 1.41	6:10AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		7:00PM -0.06	7:39PM -0.06	9:01AM 1.05		9:13PM 0.18	7:12AM 1.21		7:29PM 0.20	8:32AM 1.04		8:19PM 0.34	12:40PM 0.43		8:57PM 0.89			11:35PM 1.15		1:33PM 0.27	12:09AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	32	33	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	17	17	18	11	15	14	12	13	13	15	11	9	8	12	12	10	11	11	10	15
Low °C	10	15	17	17	17	11	13	13	11	13	12	14	7	8	7	9	9	9	11	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	10	16	16	16	18	7	14	13	11	13	11	14	10	8	7	12	12	9	11	10	9	15
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	8	9	8	8	12	11	12	13	12	12	12	14	9	8	8	13	12	14	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	11	14	12	8	7	-	12	15	12	14	10	14	8	14	13	13	8	13	16	15	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	El Paso Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Lighthouse (Punta San Jose) Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Marina CAL - Monterey	Marina CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	6	5	3	4	5	6	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	12	15	12	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1562	1398	1078	1062	1032	1759	536	565	348	426	230	285	5570	4772	663	4005	3766	5480	3059	6981	5154	4196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:04PM 1.51	1:29PM 1.99							11:18AM 1.79									2:00PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	6:31AM 1.34					8:35PM 0.04			5:38AM 0.80					9:13PM 0.63				9:29AM 1.26	10:18AM 0.88			7:59PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	15	11	12	9	17	16	16	18	18	17	9	8	16	12	14	12	10	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	11	10	7	17	16	16	18	18	17	6	6	16	10	13	10	7	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 NW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	2.5 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	10	10	11	9	12	13	12	7	7	12	11	12	16	12	15	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	-	-

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	El Paso Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Lighthouse (Punta San Jose) Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Marina CAL - Monterey	Marina CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	6	5	3	4	5	6	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	4.0 S	2.3 S	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	3.0 S	1.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	11	12	12	6	6	8	6	7	8	11	10	8	11	12	8	9	11	11	8
Energy(?)	2134	5216	1861	2144	2786	2462	340	286	633	297	430	743	1141	881	632	302	306	1491	914	187	140	739
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							10:42AM 1.98															1:58AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			6:26AM 0.96												6:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	14	-	1	10	-	-	2	-	1	1	2	-	1	1
High °C	15	14	14	9	10	11	20	20	15	19	18	15	12	10	17	15	15	14	9	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	8	9	10	19	19	13	18	17	14	11	8	16	12	12	11	7	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.4 WNW	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	9	9	11	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	8	11	10	8	11	12	11	9	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	20	10	10	10	12	12	8	13	11	14	13	14	10	10	13	14	18	14	10	18	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	6	7	-	-	-	5	9	8	8	-	9	9	8

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