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

	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Burnout CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	2	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	15	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	16	8	15	8	23	21	20
Energy	1499	486	695	1160	294	817	1072	2732	1750	3363	3706	1794	3219	1520	1229	1098	936	304	1378	338	748	1369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:09PM 2.09		2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61	1:29PM 1.42	2:11PM 1.40	1:52AM 2.49		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:01PM 1.47	1:44AM 1.75		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:35PM 1.74	3:56AM 1.07		5:22PM 1.74	4:19AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 0.29	6:56PM 0.95		6:26AM 0.33	5:23PM 1.30	8:11PM 1.62	9:30AM -0.11	7:20PM 1.05		9:34AM -0.12	7:31PM 1.37	8:23PM 1.39	9:01AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.91	9:39AM 0.57		11:04PM 0.79	9:50AM 0.68		11:03PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	13	16	18	30	12	15	23	16	14	16	16	15	21	14	15	19	13	18	21	16
Low °C	14	13	13	15	16	27	9	13	22	11	12	16	14	14	20	12	13	19	12	17	20	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	16	18	30	10	14	23	16	13	16	16	14	21	12	14	19	11	18	21	16
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	16	7	15	14	10	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	15	15	9	14	21	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	17	17	22	16	6	18	15	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	11	16	16	26	14	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	10	-	6	7	-	8	-	9	10	10	10	-	10	-	8	8	8	9	8	-	5	-

	Mon		Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	8	8	8	10	8	10	9
Energy	1551	1158	1499	1458	777	486	574	695	666	627	1160	1191	1116	294	746	817	1037	1470	1072	1314	1378	2732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:09PM 2.09					2:45PM 1.29		10:20PM 1.63	11:31PM 1.61					2:11PM 1.40			1:52AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)					6:28AM -0.20				5:54PM 1.06				7:20AM -0.16				5:23PM 1.30				7:39AM -0.14	9:30AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	14	14	15	12	13	15	16	16	16	18	18	24	30	21	18	10	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	13	14	15	10	13	15	16	16	16	18	18	24	30	21	18	10	11	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	16	7	9	16	16	16	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	10	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	18	17	17	16	9	17	16	22	14	5	16	16	15	6	19	18	18	18	15	10	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	2.0 NW	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	9	-	7	7	7	-	7	8	8	8	-	8	-	9

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	8	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	1300	1146	1551	1157	1157	1158	1068	1508	1499	1483	1475	1458	1443	1416	777	639	1142	486	655	656	574	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	5:56PM 0.87													6:51AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	16	16	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	12	12	12	21
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	16	16	11	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	14	15	14	15	11	11	10	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	7	9	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	9	9	16	17	16	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

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