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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW	1.4 NW	2.5 WNW	4.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	10	18	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	849	583	420	1407	710	2308	640	745	1208	1083	1431	607	441	846	3272	4696	1557	1829	1142	1045	1620	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 1.87		12:56AM 1.83	1:57PM 1.37		2:05AM 2.33		2:17PM 1.52	1:29AM 1.72		3:39PM 1.41	2:18AM 1.70		5:43PM 1.09	3:10AM 1.55		7:00PM 1.49	4:36AM 1.50	5:53AM 1.71	7:35PM 1.52		7:10AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 0.30		7:34AM -0.09	7:12PM 0.45		8:19AM -0.10	6:58PM 1.07		9:01AM 0.32	7:35PM 1.20		10:01AM -0.09		8:18PM 0.85	11:25AM -0.12		10:21PM 0.91	1:17PM -0.09		11:15PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	23	20	19	21	19	25	21	11	11	11	15	18	24	10	9	15	16	19	19	11	13
Low °C	14	20	14	15	20	15	19	19	8	8	10	13	17	22	9	8	14	15	18	18	6	9
Chill °C (?)	16	23	20	19	21	19	25	21	8	10	10	14	18	24	9	7	13	16	19	19	8	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	2.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SW	2.5 WNW	4.0 W	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	11	10	14	14	10	9	12	10	8	18	13	12	16	14	10	15	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	14	14	10	21	14	12	20	19	18	15	11	17	12	16	15	12	19	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	-	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	9	9	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	11	-	10	10	-

	Friday 20						Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	11	7	11	8	11	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9
Energy(?)	524	849	836	968	923	1048	711	678	600	1407	1239	741	2022	2132	2308	2198	2794	1982	1697	675	1973	3396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 1.49				12:46AM 1.78				1:03PM 1.63				12:28AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)					6:38PM 0.30				6:34AM -0.09				6:06PM 0.43				7:48AM 0.33				6:36PM -0.29	8:39PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	16	16	15	13	12	15	17	15	19	19	20	19	14	16	15	14	19	14	26	15	11
Chill °C (?)	21	16	15	14	12	11	14	17	15	19	19	20	19	14	16	14	13	19	13	26	14	10
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	21	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	7	11	8	-	-	9	9	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9

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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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	16	11	15	15	12	15	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	524	853	906	873	852	743	445	404	473	471	457	598	437	448	418	420	402	413	513	365	420	1016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								12:10PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 0.02											5:36PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	14	15	16	18	23	27	27	25	24	25	23	20	20	19	20	20	15	22	18	11
Chill °C (?)	21	15	14	15	16	18	23	27	27	25	24	25	23	20	20	19	20	20	15	22	18	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	7	15	15	7	15	11	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

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