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

	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	15	15	10	9	8	9	9	9	12	9	9	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	16	16
Energy	1011	593	439	727	1394	415	883	428	567	742	524	785	1033	1483	1315	928	586	595	641	454	607	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:59PM 1.52	12:10PM 1.64		11:55PM 2.20	1:19PM 1.70		12:23AM 1.65	1:13PM 1.26		12:03AM 1.71		2:01PM 1.24	1:16AM 2.12	1:56PM 0.97	2:49PM 1.22	1:21AM 1.15		2:59PM 0.16	12:44AM 1.46		4:44PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	4:18PM 0.46	4:32AM -0.12	5:52AM -0.11	5:10PM 0.54		6:44AM -0.09	6:05PM 0.64		6:25AM -0.14	5:08PM 1.19		7:06AM -0.21	6:40PM 0.94		6:56AM -0.12	7:18PM 1.00	8:14PM 0.58	7:23AM -0.09	5:25PM 0.11		9:00AM -0.05	7:16PM 1.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	16	15	13	16	15	12	12	15	12	12	13	12	13	16	13	13	16	11	13	12
Low °C	10	10	12	14	11	12	15	12	11	15	11	11	13	11	12	16	12	11	15	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	6	16	14	11	16	14	10	11	14	10	12	12	12	13	15	12	12	15	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:09	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	10	13	8	9	13	9	12	12	9	9	8	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	16	15	18	15	9	16	16	15	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	-	2.0 WNW	-	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	7	7	-	9	8	-	9	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	5

	Wednesday 29				Thursday 30								Friday 01								Sat
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	8	8	14	14	14	14	8	9	13	9	8	8	8	8	13	8	9	9	12	9	9	9
Energy	524	369	1260	1044	1001	1114	1289	587	678	437	1115	1501	1394	1143	1054	1327	489	889	1604	950	1043	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:42PM 1.81	11:28PM 2.19				11:36AM 1.29								12:57PM 0.93			10:43PM 1.54	11:16PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 0.40					5:52AM -0.06			4:05PM 1.00					5:01AM -0.12			4:42PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	21	13	9	10	10	10	13	15	19	12	12	11	10	15	14	15	18	12	12	10	14
Chill °C (?)	13	21	12	7	10	10	10	12	14	19	12	12	10	10	15	13	14	18	11	11	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:53	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	14	8	8	7	9	9	13	13	8	8	8	8	13	9	9	9	13	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	18	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 N	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	-	-	8	-	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	-	9	12	9	9	9

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s)	8	18	16	16	15	15	10	7	6	16	15	15	7	14	7	14	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	509	322	736	745	1008	1011	963	588	672	326	940	989	722	1018	759	813	687	597	695	644	1289	942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												10:41PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)																		4:32AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	14	11	11	10	10	14	10	10	11	13	11	11	19
Chill °C (?)	14	19	11	11	7	7	8	8	8	14	11	11	8	10	13	9	8	11	13	11	11	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	11	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	8	7	8	15	8	7	14	8	8	7	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	18	10	10	10	10	12	15	15	11	15	15	15	14	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	-	8	7	7	7	7	10	7	6	6	8	-	7	-	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8

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