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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	State Line Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	0.8 S	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	8	16	8	7	10	8	20	19	18	18	17	16	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	701	545	968	456	932	733	562	1046	844	599	711	602	925	657	1434	895	749	392	583	676	441	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 1.03	7:51AM 1.40		9:30PM 1.09	8:11AM 1.48		9:53PM 1.19	9:10AM 1.55		10:36PM 1.29	10:45AM 1.84		11:37PM 1.55	11:12AM 1.60		11:04PM 1.96	10:04AM 1.85		10:02PM 2.10	11:28AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12PM -0.02	1:58AM 0.72		2:46PM -0.09	2:16AM 0.67		3:28PM -0.12	3:10AM 0.44		5:12PM -0.02	3:54AM 0.47		4:11PM -0.09		5:19AM 0.36	4:14PM 0.44			5:12PM 0.17	4:24AM 0.35	5:21AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	15	15	15	19	17	21	25	23	22	17	19	15	16	19	20	19	21	21	23
Low °C	16	21	15	11	13	14	14	17	19	21	22	20	14	17	14	13	18	19	15	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	15	14	14	19	17	21	25	23	22	17	19	15	16	19	20	19	21	21	23
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	8	16	8	15	15	11	8	9	8	8	17	16	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	15	10	21	14	20	19	18	18	12	7	16	16	16	15	15	14	10	11	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	10	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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	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	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	16	16	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	10	8	8	8	8	20	9	8	18	8
Energy(?)	1081	558	555	606	933	858	928	1051	1023	1122	860	570	1568	1511	1355	1110	2058	1037	1124	912	1069	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	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	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 1.34					9:16PM 1.03			7:51AM 1.40					9:30PM 1.09			7:48AM 1.96	8:12AM 1.95				9:27PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				2:34PM 0.01			1:35AM 0.79					2:40PM 0.00				3:25AM 0.81				3:14PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	20	24	22	18	17	17	15	14	20	11	18	13	17	11	12	15	22	16	24	16	19
Chill °C (?)	10	20	24	22	18	17	17	15	13	20	10	18	12	17	11	11	14	22	16	24	16	19
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	16	16	7	7	8	8	8	8	15	14	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	11	11	16	16	15	14	15	15	13	21	15	14	14	14	20	20	20	20	18	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	-	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	10	8	8	8	8	7	-	8	-	8

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	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	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	1.5 NW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 S	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	10	16	10	6	8	7	14	8	14	8
Energy(?)	707	529	790	811	542	558	558	555	555	552	806	385	789	547	1088	555	671	669	668	447	414	889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:31AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)										2:34PM 0.01	3:15PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	16	17	19	20	21	24	24	24	13	19	15	19	11	12	15	15	15	13	18	13
Chill °C (?)	11	16	16	17	19	20	21	24	24	24	12	19	14	19	10	10	14	14	13	13	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	10	16	16	7	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	16	10	14	16	14	24	14	13	11	13	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	-	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	-	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	7	10	-	10	6	8	7	8	8	-	8

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