California Surf Forecast and Eyeball Surf Report

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 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	24	23	20	20
Energy	519	669	1121	504	809	2355	2540	1732	3629	3834	1954	4020	4056	1472	2729	2150	753	1623	1044	741	1386	1356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61	1:14PM 1.02	2:11PM 1.40	11:31PM 0.86		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:01PM 1.47	1:44AM 1.75		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:35PM 1.74	4:01AM 1.03		6:26PM 1.99	4:19AM 1.01	5:30AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 0.95		6:23AM -0.13	5:23PM 1.30		8:52AM -0.18	7:20PM 1.05		10:11AM -0.07	7:31PM 1.37	8:23PM 1.39	9:01AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.91	10:39AM 0.10		11:22PM 0.73	11:20AM 0.73		11:03PM 0.60	11:17AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	2
High °C	15	14	16	18	29	17	14	23	17	16	16	17	15	22	14	14	18	15	11	11	17	12
Low °C	13	13	15	16	27	15	13	22	11	13	16	15	15	20	12	10	17	10	11	11	16	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	18	29	16	13	23	17	15	16	17	15	22	12	13	18	14	11	9	17	12
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	16	7	15	14	8	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	9	15	9	14	14	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	22	16	6	18	18	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	26	15	24	23	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	8	8	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	-	-

	Tuesday 02						Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	1153	519	387	669	666	628	1121	1170	1116	504	752	809	980	1400	2355	1448	1446	2540	747	1732	1675	3176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:14PM 1.41	2:45PM 1.29		10:20PM 1.63	11:31PM 1.61					2:11PM 1.40			11:31PM 0.86					3:49PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	7:37AM -0.29				5:54PM 1.06				7:20AM -0.16				5:23PM 1.30				7:39AM -0.14	8:52AM -0.18			7:20PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	21	14	15	15	16	16	18	18	24	29	21	18	16	11	13	14	22	22	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	21	14	15	15	16	16	18	18	24	29	21	18	15	11	13	13	22	22	17	13
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	17	8	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	18	8	8	10	10	19	19	17	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	17	16	22	14	5	16	16	15	6	19	18	18	14	18	10	18	19	12	16	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	-	0.6 W	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	8	-	10	6	9	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	10	10	10	10

	Tuesday 02																		Wednesday 03
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	1017	1410	1153	1138	523	519	449	442	437	698	326	669	573	780	666	569	628	628	627	1086	1121	1150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:45PM 1.29								10:20PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:37AM -0.29											6:36PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	12	13	21	14	17	11	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	11	13	21	14	16	9	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	17	17	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	9	9	17	17	17	17	17	12	10	22	14	8	14	5	5	5	5	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 NW	0.5 W	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	6	10	7	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	7

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