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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Calafia Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.2 NNW	0.7 S	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	10	14	8	11	16	10	10	10	9	9	16	16	14	15	13	13	14	12	12
Energy(?)	170	1214	490	325	769	476	1731	593	809	467	567	523	311	471	489	650	471	662	440	268	369	321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 1.00	1:30AM 2.09		5:14PM 1.95	1:50AM 1.94		6:07PM 1.56	4:06AM 1.84		6:15PM 1.64		6:20AM 1.40	7:54PM 1.84		7:00AM 1.28		9:50PM 1.98	9:30AM 1.62		9:28PM 1.63	10:43AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	8:42AM 0.12	7:20PM 0.85		10:41AM 0.24			11:38AM -0.19		10:26PM 1.31	11:05AM 0.38		1:26AM 1.45	1:25PM 0.00		1:34AM 1.02	1:38PM 0.00	2:53PM 0.09	3:52AM 0.56		2:19PM 0.14	3:56AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	10	14	11	13	11	18	10	13	12	10	12	13	11	11	14	12	12	17	12	15
Low °C	16	16	8	12	11	11	9	17	7	9	12	8	11	12	10	10	14	11	11	17	9	11
Chill °C (?)	18	15	10	14	9	12	10	18	7	12	11	10	12	12	11	9	14	11	10	16	12	15
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	9	10	14	8	11	13	10	10	10	9	9	8	16	14	15	13	13	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	12	15	16	9	14	13	16	12	12	12	11	13	16	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	19	10	12	11	18	18	14	9	10	18	10	13	13	13	14	13	11
Energy(?)	1444	1020	1092	531	615	376	515	1267	1084	921	963	647	613	479	1042	1108	1261	1172	1241	512	1148	1521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:57AM 2.24					2:23PM 1.37			1:22AM 2.09						5:19PM 1.56			4:32AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)				9:39AM 0.11								10:41AM 0.24				8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	11:17AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	15	9	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	11	12	18	11	14	13	16	16	12	14	15	13	12	9	8	8	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	11	11	18	11	13	12	16	16	10	13	14	12	10	8	7	7	15	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	14	10	12	11	12	12	8	9	10	10	10	13	13	10	8	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	12	19	6	12	12	18	18	14	15	18	15	17	7	10	13	14	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Tuesday 21
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	16
Energy(?)	1363	905	739	733	918	134	930	1251	1394	179	178	531	740	159	1200	716	436	496	429	517	593	493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.77		2:18AM 2.83														4:57PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	11	12	15	11	14	15	17	17	11	13	14	14	15	12	12	11	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	10	15	9	12	14	17	17	11	12	12	13	14	11	11	10	12	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	12	9	12	12	12	15	15	12	6	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	-	0.9 S	-	0.9 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	-	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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