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

	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.8 NW	0.8 S	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	12	13	11	14	11	11	20	19	19	18	16	18	15	7	15	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	598	718	799	662	558	357	765	358	431	518	629	540	509	592	472	556	569	1508	1765	992	713	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:27PM 2.40		5:03AM 1.57	4:10PM 2.65		6:18AM 1.42	4:12PM 2.03		8:01AM 1.52	6:32PM 2.49		8:24AM 1.23	6:41PM 1.68		8:38AM 1.61		9:12PM 2.11	9:16AM 1.39		8:51PM 1.71	10:58AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		10:38PM -0.11	9:58AM 0.93		10:50PM 0.06	9:37AM 1.31		1:55AM 0.02	12:33PM 1.14		12:23AM -0.95	12:48PM 0.92		1:50AM 0.24	1:29PM 1.10	3:10PM 1.43	4:16AM -0.07		3:28PM 0.69	3:37AM -0.09		4:16PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	14	17	22	17	24	19	21	21	23	21	19	25	18	22	18	21	20	16	15	17	20
Low °C	20	14	14	21	15	19	18	19	19	23	19	18	24	16	19	17	20	16	16	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	21	12	17	22	17	24	19	21	21	23	21	19	25	18	22	18	21	20	16	14	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	15	13	12	13	11	8	11	11	14	19	10	9	16	11	15	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	14	14	16	13	14	14	13	20	13	19	18	12	18	9	12	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	7	14	13	13	12	12	13	7	14	12	8	11	11	14	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1225	1172	1265	1047	1030	1040	1009	697	984	819	729	1073	553	1085	1310	647	680	310	524	1044	1170	1228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:27PM 2.40				4:26AM 1.40				4:10PM 2.65					6:11AM 1.33			3:53PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				10:29PM 0.41				10:52AM 0.85				10:50PM 0.06				10:57AM 1.54	11:03AM 1.14				12:36AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	14	12	17	17	18	16	15	18	16	18	18	16	17	18	18	24	16	21	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	15	14	12	17	16	18	15	15	18	16	18	18	16	17	18	17	24	16	21	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	7	14	13	13	12	12	13	7	6	12	7	11	11	14	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	15	5	14	13	13	13	14	13	16	13	12	14	12	13	13	12	11	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NW	-	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	-	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	7	7	7	6	-	-	6	7	-	8	8	-	-	8	-	7	8	8

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	7	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1195	1243	1303	1041	601	895	888	769	1265	1047	742	741	738	1034	1093	1076	1350	514	977	745	1209	942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			5:02AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	15	16	21	21	20	15	14	13	16	18	18	16	15	13	13	15	14	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	14	16	21	21	20	13	14	13	16	18	18	15	14	13	13	14	14	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	15	13	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	5	16	15	15	15	15	5	15	15	15	13	13	5	15	13	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	6	7	7	6	5	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	5	7	5	6

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