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

	Mon	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	12	12	15	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	7	8	9	8	9	9	8	9	13	9	12
Energy	725	622	575	284	613	418	791	666	496	274	259	690	787	462	1220	1588	532	1083	1068	1494	864	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 2.08		2:51PM 1.36	12:44AM 1.46		5:40PM 1.16	2:57AM 1.51		5:51PM 1.51	2:16AM 1.76		6:36PM 1.44	3:22AM 1.67		7:32PM 2.20		5:35AM 1.24	7:45PM 1.34		6:03AM 1.11	7:26PM 1.34	8:39PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 1.07	8:27AM -0.14	5:27PM 1.31		8:07AM -0.04		9:13PM 1.03	10:30AM 0.63		8:39PM 1.47	10:30AM 0.51		10:26PM 1.44	10:33AM 0.13		12:45AM 0.96	12:35PM 0.10		12:57AM 1.16	12:40PM 0.16		2:58AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	15	16	11	16	12	12	19	15	18	21	16	24	20	13	20	15	12	17	19	15
Low °C	11	12	15	15	10	16	10	11	18	10	12	21	11	20	19	13	17	15	12	14	19	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	15	10	15	10	11	19	15	18	21	16	24	20	11	20	13	9	17	19	15
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	15	13	11	12	12	12	11	11	17	8	9	16	18	9	18	15	13	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	8	15	5	16	14	7	7	14	13	13	13	18	16	15	14	18	14	18	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	7	6	5	6	7	8	-	8	9	-	8	9	-	-	12

	Mon		Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	16	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12
Energy	1001	1003	1085	600	568	565	419	578	543	517	585	563	548	286	879	528	791	888	662	508	511	682
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	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
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 1.98					3:57PM 2.14			12:43AM 1.92	2:11AM 1.89				4:41PM 1.43			1:25AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)					7:23AM -0.09	9:40AM -0.12			6:33PM 1.38									8:22PM 0.93				10:30AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	10	14	16	14	11	10	10	14	14	17	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	11	12	11	12	12	13	12	12	10	13	16	13	9	8	9	13	13	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	16	13	12	13	12	13	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	8	16	16	14	16	14	14	17	15	15	15	15	15	6	7	7	14	14	14	13	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	3	3	-	3	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	7	7	5	6	6	-

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	17	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12
Energy	1007	1036	958	568	562	665	507	730	848	839	878	675	877	323	616	461	797	807	718	595	595	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		6:55PM 0.83												6:38AM -0.04		8:51AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	14	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	15	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	17	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	8	16	8	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	14	8	14	14	8	16	17	17	14	15	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-

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