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

	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Sand spit CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	20	7	9	18	11	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	16	15	14	15	14	8
Energy	271	887	1221	345	1003	709	858	915	810	680	435	475	727	713	766	480	608	367	431	729	768	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 1.12	4:44AM 1.14	5:56AM 2.13	6:08PM 1.66	5:00AM 1.58	5:58AM 1.05	7:26PM 1.34		7:13AM 1.11	7:50PM 1.49		7:23AM 1.63	7:44PM 1.62	8:30PM 1.56	10:25AM 1.25		8:54PM 2.26	12:08PM 1.73		10:12PM 1.94	11:29AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 0.08		11:44PM 0.85	1:01PM 0.84		11:45PM 1.14	12:28PM 0.17		1:40AM 0.46	1:16PM 0.23		2:00AM 0.66	1:02PM 0.72		3:09AM -0.10		2:33PM 0.91	4:02AM 0.19	5:35AM -0.25	3:06PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	13	15	20	17	19	17	17	17	14	13	14	17	12	12	19	15	17	12	11	23
Low °C	16	19	12	15	19	15	17	17	16	16	13	11	12	16	11	12	17	14	15	12	9	20
Chill °C (?)	18	20	11	15	20	17	19	17	17	17	13	13	13	16	11	12	19	14	17	9	9	23
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	16	18	10	11	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	15	14	15	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	18	18	16	16	7	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	16	16	11	6	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.4 S	-	1.0 W	-	0.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	5	-	6	-	-

	Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Exiles CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	7	11	16	20	9	8	8	8	8	8	18	18	10	7	9	9	11	16	11	11
Energy	1186	1019	874	627	360	424	831	2198	1540	1400	1366	1420	313	459	1192	1051	1109	1065	1014	731	902	1066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:20AM 1.20					6:47PM 1.16			4:44AM 1.14					7:08PM 1.23				7:39AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)									11:44PM 0.85				11:14AM 0.60				12:57AM 1.16				1:18PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	15	17	18	15	17	16	16	18	17	19	16	14	13	16	16	11	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	13	14	17	14	16	18	15	17	16	16	18	17	19	16	14	13	15	16	11	20	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	11	8	8	16	8	7	8	8	8	18	18	10	11	9	9	7	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	19	20	14	16	16	14	19	9	18	13	13	7	9	18	18	16	16	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	5	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 09
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Exiles CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 NW
Period(s)	8	8	8	14	21	21	8	8	7	7	7	8	20	16	8	14	8	8	13	8	7	7
Energy	1328	1218	1186	223	261	261	374	973	874	874	511	736	148	258	529	770	903	934	803	1037	899	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				6:44PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)												10:55AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	12	15	15	10	15	17	18	19	17	17	15	19	15	20	20	12	18	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	11	14	15	10	15	17	18	19	16	17	15	19	14	20	20	10	17	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	7	7	8	7	7	7	20	16	7	8	14	9	14	14	13	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	4	21	21	18	20	20	20	15	20	20	16	16	14	16	16	10	14	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 NNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	6	8	8	5	8	7	7

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