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 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27
	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	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 SW	3.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	9	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	11	7	13	16	16	8	10	10	8	10	11	10
Energy(?)	480	430	595	1144	2111	1301	1666	1070	1113	457	589	894	3457	220	479	1558	3249	1179	811	1230	945	1318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 1.83	1:57PM 1.37		1:55AM 1.33		3:39PM 1.34	1:20AM 2.13		3:29PM 0.91	2:01AM 1.63		5:32PM 0.90	3:10AM 1.55		7:11PM 1.22	4:42AM 1.96	5:18AM 1.67	7:56PM 1.08	8:31PM 1.54	6:01AM 1.49		8:30PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		7:34AM -0.09	7:18PM 0.56	8:17PM 0.32	7:56AM -0.11			8:17AM -0.85	7:17PM 0.73		10:01AM -0.09		8:18PM 0.85	11:17AM -0.04		10:30PM 1.35	1:05PM -0.14		1:20AM 1.06	1:34PM -0.20		1:25AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	21	18	24	16	18	11	11	12	14	11	10	22	22	18	24	15	12	25	21	11
Low °C	13	18	19	17	19	16	16	9	10	12	12	10	6	19	22	14	16	12	7	18	20	8
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	18	24	15	18	11	10	10	13	9	10	22	22	17	24	14	9	25	21	10
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	3.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	11	10	10	14	9	10	10	10	11	11	13	9	10	8	10	15	15	10	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	15	14	14	13	21	13	13	20	6	18	18	11	16	12	12	15	11	18	14	18	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	10	10	8	9	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	6	8	10	10	8	10	11	10

	Fri		Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	935	865	670	1035	1480	1279	702	947	1736	2323	2218	2230	2018	1389	931	1004	1711	1958	3154	1418	1269	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:46AM 1.78				1:07PM 1.63				12:28AM 1.69					2:16PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.30				7:05AM -0.08				6:06PM 0.43				7:34AM -0.09				7:50PM 0.60					8:41AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	16	13	14	17	27	19	18	18	17	16	15	22	14	26	9	17	9	16	16	22
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	12	14	17	27	19	18	18	17	16	14	22	13	26	7	17	8	16	16	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	9	8	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	14	9	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	11	11	10	10	14	11	10	14	14	14	14	14	21	21	21	13	21	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9

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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Kellys Cove CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.9 NW	0.9 W	2.2 NW	0.8 W	2.2 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	11	7	11	10	14	14	14
Energy(?)	896	891	658	486	571	503	397	416	428	424	426	375	372	379	779	475	756	384	1163	480	480	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				12:50PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 0.30												6:10AM -0.10	7:28AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	17	17	16	15	22	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	22	11	20	13	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	14	13	17	17	16	14	22	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	22	8	20	11	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	8	8	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	16	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	11	16	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	1.9 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	7	-	10	-	-	-

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