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

	Wed	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	9	6	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	16	13	11	11	10	17	16	16
Energy(?)	11023	6329	2034	4163	5871	4636	1432	1960	1518	1374	837	894	533	1092	1549	846	800	337	753	973	1816	865
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.46	11:23AM 2.59		12:34AM 1.47	11:14AM 2.18		2:15AM 1.73	11:12AM 2.31		1:30AM 1.46	10:46AM 2.15	1:36PM 2.90	4:00AM 2.31		2:35PM 2.68		4:53AM 1.44	3:45PM 2.45		4:58AM 1.68	3:43PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		5:20AM 0.75	5:41PM -0.46		5:05AM 0.81		7:22PM -0.59	5:01AM 1.25	6:56PM 0.00		4:16AM 1.19		8:57PM 0.14	8:49AM 1.09		9:57PM 0.34	9:33AM 0.98		11:10PM -0.04	10:15AM 1.21		10:45PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	21	19	13	14	12	14	22	20	18	24	17	23	26	24	21	20	20	16	19	16	16
Low °C	14	19	17	12	13	11	14	20	20	17	24	16	22	26	23	20	19	17	15	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	21	19	12	13	10	14	22	20	18	24	17	23	26	24	21	20	20	16	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	16	13	11	11	10	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	16	15	11	14	14	13	19	18	18	12	16	16	11	10	7	9	17	17	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3177	10312	11040	11630	10818	8701	7288	5460	6139	9468	3366	4166	6245	6319	5071	4511	4366	3407	3086	3179	1223	1076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:34PM 1.49				11:23AM 2.59				10:05PM 1.56				11:55AM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)	6:09PM -0.35				4:19AM 0.71				5:02PM -0.09				5:57AM 1.38				6:34PM -0.46	7:07PM -0.14			5:08AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	21	15	16	17	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	11	17	14	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	21	14	15	17	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	17	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	15	-	17	-	16	12	13	14	14	12	-	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	0.7 NW	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	12	16	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15
Energy(?)	2581	5236	4902	5407	6086	6030	10637	3201	4096	1532	288	12397	11718	11854	10619	10536	10306	10033	8341	6997	5331	4968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44PM -0.50									2:04AM 0.84			5:08AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	18	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	16	15	11	12	13	12	12	14	12	18	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	13	12	16	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.1 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 W	-	1.9 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	10	10	16	-	10	16	16	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.6 SSW	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	10	10	9	9	9	-	-	8	4	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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