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

	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	20	8	18	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	12	12	8	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	679	853	857	675	714	822	1144	1536	1285	854	850	520	569	549	486	898	495	849	1591	1392	1110	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:09AM 1.61		9:59PM 1.66	9:02AM 1.48		8:59PM 1.81	9:34AM 1.53		10:05PM 1.83	9:09AM 1.59		11:04PM 1.96	11:06AM 1.47		11:45PM 1.55	10:31AM 1.38		10:36PM 1.69		2:24PM 1.85	2:09AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:59PM -0.04	3:04AM 1.06		3:49PM 0.36	2:32AM 0.76		5:01PM -0.02	3:52AM 0.69		3:34PM -0.12		5:01AM 0.02	5:18PM 0.62			4:27PM 0.11		8:10AM -0.13	7:59PM 0.52	8:01PM 1.08	9:01AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	24	21	24	23	16	17	18	16	19	18	16	19	19	19	16	28	16	18	17	11	16
Low °C	15	22	18	21	22	13	14	17	15	15	18	16	16	17	14	15	28	12	16	16	9	13
Chill °C (?)	18	24	21	24	23	16	17	18	16	19	18	16	19	19	19	16	28	15	18	16	8	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	20	8	8	17	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	12	12	11	11	14	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	20	13	18	18	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12	11	11	16	15	15	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.7 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	8	8	10	-	-

	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	20	20	20	19	19	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1081	1060	1105	572	1075	637	1002	1006	1581	658	733	675	648	722	664	621	610	632	1070	1069	1240	1513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:11AM 1.47				10:37PM 1.37			7:55AM 1.58	8:57AM 1.99				8:51PM 1.31					11:14AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05AM 0.78				2:15PM 0.30								3:50PM 0.37				2:34AM 0.26	5:19AM 0.58
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	17	19	27	18	20	16	18	19	20	24	26	25	22	21	21	21	13	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	17	19	27	18	20	15	18	19	20	24	26	25	22	21	21	21	13	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	19	8	8	8	18	18	8	18	8	7	16	16	16	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	20	20	8	19	19	18	13	12	18	8	18	17	12	12	12	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	20	20	8	20	20	20	20	20	8	8	20	20	20	9	9	20	20
Energy(?)	1027	753	743	755	839	710	604	1223	1150	724	723	771	658	1230	941	548	547	543	641	600	353	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									7:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				2:44AM 0.79												2:18PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	15	13	18	16	16	10	15	17	18	22	23	23	22	20	20	20	16	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	13	18	16	16	8	14	17	18	22	23	23	22	20	20	20	15	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	9	14	11	8	8	20	8	8	20	20	20	7	8	8	8	20	20	20	20	20	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	22	14	14	20	9	20	20	13	13	13	9	20	20	20	13	13	13	11	8	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	9	9	4	4

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