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

	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	13	12	12	15	13	11	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	16
Energy	1145	1000	848	289	631	277	756	516	804	670	935	814	252	870	518	598	1020	1634	854	727	719	401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:04PM 2.08	1:34AM 2.51		3:55PM 2.02	2:11AM 2.43		4:50PM 1.14	12:45AM 1.82		6:19PM 1.09	2:16AM 1.76		7:01PM 1.28	3:22AM 1.67		6:53PM 1.63	4:42AM 1.60	5:40AM 1.26	6:22PM 1.30	8:07PM 2.31	7:30AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:13AM 0.35	7:46PM 1.54		8:36AM -0.16		8:25PM 1.61	8:45AM 0.42			8:56AM 0.01		8:39PM 1.47	10:35AM 0.53		10:26PM 1.44	11:17AM 0.54		11:54PM 1.34	12:50PM 0.12		2:03AM 1.49	2:00PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	12	15	16	13	16	12	14	19	14	21	21	13	20	23	15	19	24	20	19
Low °C	12	16	12	12	14	15	10	16	10	12	19	12	18	21	11	14	23	15	16	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	15	12	10	14	15	12	15	10	14	19	12	21	21	10	20	23	13	19	24	20	19
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	12	15	13	14	12	12	14	13	7	17	18	20	14	18	9	18	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	15	9	16	14	15	5	16	15	7	7	18	19	9	13	16	15	16	15	18	15	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	11	-	-	12	12	7	7	7	9	9	10	-	9	-	-

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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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	13	12
Energy	1511	1499	1294	969	1027	853	1042	1003	1071	600	568	806	520	425	566	564	525	531	648	278	948	870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:59AM 2.58					3:04PM 2.08			11:28PM 1.98					4:22PM 1.23			12:43AM 1.92					4:53PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)							5:59PM 1.32				7:23AM -0.09				6:33PM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	10	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	17	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	15	15	15	15	8	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	5	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	7	7

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pescadero State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	13
Energy	1529	1509	1511	1208	1499	1499	937	1552	823	572	617	1042	786	742	1017	1177	1111	1205	929	202	910	864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:59AM 2.58														2:18PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)																					7:52PM 1.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	13	17	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	13	14	15	13	14	13	14	15	15	13	16	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	8:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	17	17	18	15	15	15	9	15	15	8	15	8	8	15	8	8	16	16	8	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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