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

	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.7 S	2.0 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s)	9	14	9	14	16	16	14	15	13	12	13	13	7	7	18	16	15	14	13	14	13	13
Energy	557	648	736	256	464	762	446	529	601	636	294	288	391	473	663	541	1160	1235	797	461	428	607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 1.74	7:04AM 2.35		8:54PM 2.43	8:18AM 2.19		8:20PM 1.91	9:30AM 1.62		10:17PM 2.12	10:35AM 2.30		10:36PM 2.03	11:18AM 2.19		10:58PM 2.62	12:06PM 2.20		11:32PM 2.10	12:53PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	12:34PM -0.10		1:31AM 0.98	2:00PM 0.65		2:48AM 1.33			2:28AM 0.83		3:40PM 0.20	4:42AM 0.31		4:02PM 0.32		5:06AM 0.62	4:51PM 1.06		5:43AM 0.46	5:34PM 0.59		6:24AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	12	12	13	11	11	14	10	12	16	12	14	12	11	10	13	12	14	17	13	12
Low °C	9	14	9	10	12	8	10	14	10	8	16	11	9	12	8	9	13	10	11	17	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	14	10	11	12	11	11	13	8	11	15	10	13	10	8	8	12	10	14	16	11	12
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 NNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	8	8	14	8	9	9	13	13	8	12	7	16	15	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	14	15	14	16	16	8	15	13	12	17	5	11	13	11	7	15	15	6	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.2 NNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	4	7	7	-	-	7	6	-	8	7	8

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1026	1310	1143	557	561	631	543	602	507	604	642	517	479	343	524	556	649	663	575	822	444	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:50AM 1.96				7:58PM 2.22				7:01AM 1.71					8:47PM 2.32				8:20AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 0.94				12:58PM 0.54				12:26AM 1.20				2:00PM 0.65					2:40AM 1.25				2:49PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	10	10	12	13	13	10	11	11	9	10	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	6	10	10	11	12	12	10	9	10	9	10	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	10	9	9	11	9	12	12	9	9	8	8	9	16	8	8	8	8	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	16	12	12	11	16	11	14	13	14	14	14	15	16	13	16	16	15	14	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 24
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	10	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	393	1496	1496	799	797	778	752	646	646	731	718	758	584	395	684	533	513	561	557	624	303	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							5:35AM 2.36														7:54PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 0.94	12:02AM 1.09												12:45PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	13	14	10	11	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	5	8	9	5	5	6	7	12	13	10	10	13	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	10	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	10	9	11	9	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	12	16	11	15	16	11	11	11	11	11	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	2.0 NNW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	9	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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