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

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	8	8	13	12	12	11	12	15	10	14	13	11	11	13	11	7	8	9
Energy(?)	338	326	249	247	464	386	1428	1582	1061	627	814	437	168	536	1415	1999	1589	442	462	829	1289	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 1.60		12:23AM 2.06	11:39AM 1.55		10:44PM 1.84	12:33PM 0.97		12:44AM 1.77		4:22PM 1.71	2:35AM 2.31		5:48PM 1.19	4:20AM 1.99		6:58PM 2.13		5:35AM 2.36	7:58PM 2.22		6:24AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.63		5:15AM 0.09	4:26PM 0.46		6:11AM -0.29	4:57PM 1.07		9:14AM 0.10		8:33PM 1.40	10:43AM -0.31		10:30PM 0.99	11:49AM -0.19		11:57PM 1.57	12:54PM 0.48		1:26AM 1.45	1:24PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	11	5	3	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	13	14	14	13	10	11	12	10	13	10	13	12	10	11	11	14	10	11	11	12
Low °C	16	19	11	11	13	10	10	11	11	10	12	10	12	11	10	10	10	10	8	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	19	20	12	13	14	12	9	10	10	10	11	9	12	11	9	10	9	13	9	9	9	11
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	8	8	13	12	12	11	12	9	6	14	13	11	11	13	11	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	8	8	14	13	7	13	6	12	12	15	10	8	11	13	13	15	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	8	-

	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	946	230	302	342	251	247	240	247	207	247	204	304	565	545	697	1054	1220	1428	1536	1357	1043	1261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:15PM 1.55			10:04PM 1.87						2:02PM 1.82			1:34AM 2.38					3:28PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	5:14AM 0.13			3:47PM 0.83					6:30AM -0.34				7:37PM 0.73					8:42AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	8	6	3	-
Temp. °C	15	17	11	18	18	18	18	17	14	14	15	14	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	17	11	18	18	18	18	17	14	13	14	13	14	12	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	15	15	8	10	6	6	5	9	9	8	8	9	14	13	15	8	7	7	13	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18																		Sunday 19
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	580	258	341	346	257	258	258	379	286	294	260	257	243	241	231	229	117	116	116	104	104	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						10:34AM 1.21														12:47AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)	5:14AM 0.13													6:03PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	10	17	19	20	20	19	19	14	15	13	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	17	19	20	20	19	19	14	15	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	16	14	14	14	14	15	7	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	15	9	10	10	10	10	9	14	15	9	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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