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 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	8	0	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	15	13	13	11	10	18	16	16	16	14	13	12	22	8	8	10	19	9	18	17	16
Energy	7682	463	5582	706	1567	3452	2672	1972	2100	1473	964	1698	743	250	1677	1096	1317	1343	1815	988	1274	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.51	7:31PM 1.69	8:13PM 1.56	8:35AM 1.45		10:11PM 2.20	11:16AM 2.03		8:57PM 2.12	10:21AM 1.46		10:29PM 1.77	12:53PM 1.56		9:49PM 1.71	1:15PM 1.28		10:35PM 1.61	1:56PM 1.28		11:08PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			3:01AM -0.01	1:32PM 0.94	2:53PM 0.56			3:50PM 0.69	4:18AM 0.30		3:26PM 1.19		6:06AM -0.25	2:54PM 0.66		6:08AM -0.19	4:38PM 1.29		6:42AM -0.20	4:11PM 1.22		8:14AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	19	13	15	15	11	14	13	14	17	18	12	11	19	14	14	17	15	15	25	16	15
Low °C	11	18	12	14	15	11	13	13	12	14	18	10	10	19	11	9	17	10	12	24	10	12
Chill °C (?)	11	18	11	15	14	11	13	12	13	16	18	12	9	19	12	13	17	15	14	25	16	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 NW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	15	13	13	11	10	9	16	16	16	14	13	7	6	8	10	20	9	10	18	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	9	15	14	14	20	18	9	10	10	14	14	12	13	12	21	16	19	18	18	17	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	8	8	10	-	9	9	8	7

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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	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	6	8	8	7	0	3	4	5	8	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	8	14	13	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	18	19	16
Energy	3658	5735	7413	7682	6143	463	860	2382	5582	10280	4451	706	1598	1567	3493	3413	3452	3233	1447	2672	1642	1972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:41AM 1.51				8:07PM 2.07				8:35AM 1.45				10:11PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		3:20AM 0.84								3:43AM 0.05				2:53PM 0.56								3:50PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	13	19	13	13	12	9	10	15	14	15	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	9	11	11	13	18	11	12	10	7	10	15	13	15	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.4 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	17	17	15	16	15	9	16	9	15	15	15	14	14	14	22	21	20	19	20	18	19	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	14	13	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura
Rating	5	6	8	8	7	0	3	4	5	8	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	6	16	8	7
Energy	4486	3307	3658	5021	5390	5735	5759	6907	7413	7315	7501	7682	6347	7768	6143	362	4415	463	483	384	860	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											9:41AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)					3:20AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	13	18	12	19	19	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	10	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	13	18	11	18	18	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	1.4 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	12	14	9	9	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	8	8	7

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