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 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Popotla Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 NNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	12	16	11	15	11	14	6	13	7	13	16	16	16	16	18	18	9	16	16	16
Energy(?)	424	600	523	572	428	563	910	369	60	510	286	134	220	318	208	350	706	376	1072	787	226	442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 1.98	12:09PM 1.41		11:01PM 1.49	12:49PM 0.82		1:00AM 1.41		5:09PM 1.89	12:09AM 1.76		7:18PM 1.44	1:08AM 1.67		7:34PM 1.35				4:45AM 1.64	5:42AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	4:35PM 0.93		5:50AM 0.46	4:42PM 1.06		6:32AM 0.09	4:50PM 0.63		10:08AM 0.63			9:06AM 0.68			11:31AM 0.57		11:44PM 1.74	12:50PM 0.17		11:30PM 1.34	1:13PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1
High °C	24	21	18	20	15	14	19	11	22	19	11	17	19	17	18	19	15	19	12	16	19	18
Low °C	23	18	14	19	13	13	18	10	18	18	9	17	18	14	17	19	14	17	12	16	15	18
Chill °C (?)	24	21	18	20	15	14	19	9	22	19	9	17	19	17	18	19	15	19	10	15	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	12	10	11	11	14	14	6	8	7	5	7	10	7	6	18	18	15	16	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 S	0.4 NNW	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	10	7	16	6	15	20	10	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	8	15	13	7	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

	Saturday 04				Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tue
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	12	15	15	11	11	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1024	688	577	517	536	528	528	551	651	550	583	593	843	585	810	343	328	513	506	581	672	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 1.42			10:43PM 2.06						3:11PM 2.08			12:42AM 1.95					3:48PM 1.26			1:00AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)							5:47AM 0.01									9:20AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	25	18	18	20	20	20	22	19	17	19	18	15	17	16	14	16	13	12	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	25	18	18	20	20	20	22	19	17	19	18	14	17	16	14	16	13	12	16	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	12	15	12	11	11	15	15	14	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 S	0.5 WNW	1.0 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	18	18	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	15	10	15	15	15	11	10	19	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

	Saturday 04												Sunday 05
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	16	16	18	16	18	9	9	18	18	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1188	745	550	543	429	424	420	669	361	327	756	742	636	777	691	270	272	472	487	701	569	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 1.42	12:29PM 1.50										10:40PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)						4:25PM 0.42			7:40PM 1.26												7:14AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	20	20	24	23	23	22	16	15	18	18	20	19	21	14	14	14	14	19	18	20
Chill °C (?)	17	22	20	20	24	23	23	22	16	15	18	18	20	19	21	14	14	13	14	19	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 NW	1.1 S	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	16	16	10	16	10	9	9	9	9	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 S	0.8 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	11	11	18	11	18	7	7	18	7	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	3	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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