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 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Nesika Beach Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Popotla Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Popotla Baja Norte	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	6	5	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 W	3.5 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	11	11	14	12	11	12	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	13	10	11	10	11	10	12	10	11
Energy	604	391	549	963	1185	1093	1172	757	1061	1958	1295	2965	582	2005	4084	1790	2155	5709	3157	832	4202	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:05AM 1.18			9:54AM 1.45		8:30PM 1.56	10:13AM 1.28		9:03PM 1.69	10:53AM 1.18		9:25PM 1.91	9:53AM 1.62		10:21PM 1.87	12:52PM 1.26		10:50PM 1.99	1:51PM 1.27		11:17PM 2.39	1:19PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 0.93	2:27AM 0.14		2:01PM 0.82	3:09AM -0.10		2:39PM 0.50	3:51AM -0.32		3:22PM 0.63	4:42AM -0.39		5:49PM 0.82		5:22AM -0.56	4:56PM 1.19		6:12AM -0.58	4:10PM 1.07		6:25AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	15	13	22	14	15	22	15	17	23	17	17	13	13	17	20	14	18	17	15	15
Low °C	9	14	12	11	21	10	12	21	10	12	22	13	15	12	9	11	20	13	14	17	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	15	15	12	22	12	14	22	15	17	23	16	17	11	11	17	20	12	18	16	14	15
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.7 W	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 W	3.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	11	11	7	12	13	12	16	16	9	9	15	9	10	13	10	11	13	11	10	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	11	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	16	16	14	13	14	14	18	13	16	15	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NW	-	1.9 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	3.5 NW	-	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	11	-	11	9	-	10	9	9	-	-	10	-	10	11	10	-	10	-

	Tuesday 12						Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Popotla Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Nesika Beach Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	15	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	12	12	12	11	16	9	9	9
Energy	522	604	401	391	730	722	549	577	543	963	1000	1185	1021	1573	1093	1042	1787	1172	904	757	1106	2256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:21AM 1.04	9:05AM 1.18			7:54PM 1.97					9:54AM 1.45				8:18PM 1.65				10:13AM 1.28				9:03PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			12:13PM 0.64	2:30PM 0.93				2:31AM 0.68				2:01PM 0.82				3:09AM -0.10				2:39PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	17	15	13	13	12	13	14	13	22	21	12	14	10	10	16	15	15	22	19	12
Chill °C (?)	12	9	17	15	12	12	12	12	14	12	22	21	10	13	10	10	15	14	14	22	19	12
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	15	11	11	11	7	12	12	12	14	13	11	8	12	12	12	16	8	16	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	12	14	15	15	11	14	14	14	19	13	14	12	13	13	16	13	12	13	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	11	11	-	8	-	-	8	11	-	9	9	9

	Tuesday 12																		Wednesday 13
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Popotla Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	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
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14
Energy	527	525	536	528	604	604	679	599	401	436	420	391	500	730	546	608	722	722	1106	537	549	546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					9:05AM 1.18										7:50PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)										2:30PM 0.93												2:27AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	13	10	11	14	14	17	14	15	15	13	15	11	14	13	13	13	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	13	9	9	13	13	17	14	15	15	13	14	11	14	12	12	12	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	15	15	14	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.5 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	11	-	-	11	6	7	7

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