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 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	9	5	5	6	8	7	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 W	1.7 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.0 NW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	10	15	8	9	9	10	16	20	13	16	18	15	15	13	16	14	16	15	15
Energy(?)	568	1060	398	979	4615	397	682	713	732	1139	1218	1551	8527	1757	6178	2193	3941	7370	3557	4741	1655	2620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 1.74		7:30AM 1.23	3:53PM 1.33		7:22AM 1.63	5:17PM 1.66		8:37AM 1.75	7:14PM 1.38		9:08AM 1.91		9:24PM 1.74	10:03AM 2.09		8:28PM 0.39	10:05AM 2.71		10:44PM 1.62	9:06AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 1.49		11:00PM 0.52	11:39AM 1.12		11:50PM 0.52	12:15PM 1.33		1:42AM 0.21		2:02PM 0.75	2:27AM 0.24		2:42PM 0.53	3:31AM 0.28		2:47PM 0.20	2:14AM -0.50		3:28PM -0.05	4:14AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	24	16	17	13	21	19	21	11	12	20	16	16	23	14	20	18	15	26	26	20	22
Low °C	14	23	15	15	12	18	15	19	10	9	20	14	15	22	12	15	18	12	21	23	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	24	16	17	12	21	19	21	11	11	20	16	16	23	14	20	17	14	26	26	20	22
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 W	1.7 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	12	12	8	10	15	8	9	11	10	10	10	13	16	14	15	15	13	16	14	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	10	16	15	12	13	18	10	16	20	20	20	18	18	16	16	16	18	15	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	-	6	9	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	3	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	16	10	14	14	14	13	13	14	8	12	10	11	8
Energy(?)	1167	1193	1141	1466	1598	1355	659	595	736	3207	515	3153	5272	4060	3949	3233	3001	1792	1489	830	1136	2061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:51AM 1.50			2:40PM 1.41					7:14AM 1.53				5:12PM 1.68				7:31AM 1.27				6:03PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		8:39AM 1.49				11:00PM 0.52					12:03PM 1.10				1:01AM 0.17				1:16PM 1.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	24	24	25	21	20	21	21	15	17	21	19	17	11	12	12	15	22	15	20	12	14
Chill °C (?)	18	24	24	25	21	20	21	21	14	17	21	19	17	11	12	11	15	22	15	20	10	13
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	12	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	16	16	12	20	15	19	19	11	14	15	19	13	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	7	-	-	4	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	-	10	11	8

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	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	3	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1273	1256	1167	624	567	1193	1211	1124	676	700	759	375	574	749	565	568	491	596	468	327	380	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.50									3:29PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)																		10:22PM -0.75	11:45PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	15	18	24	25	25	15	15	19	14	15	13	14	15	19	21	14	18	14	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	14	18	24	25	25	15	15	19	14	15	12	14	15	19	21	14	18	13	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	7	12	11	7	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.9 W	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	8	13	9	9	16	9	9	12	16	9	12	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
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