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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	8	8	10	10	11	12	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1778	1980	710	828	2106	2622	763	1073	1323	1025	777	538	1209	977	1221	1310	1612	2019	1797	1114	756	609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:15PM 2.15	9:05AM 1.88		11:41PM 1.31	9:40AM 1.89		12:27AM 2.09	9:24AM 2.16		12:10AM 1.52	10:59AM 1.88		1:26AM 1.38	11:21AM 2.25		2:24AM 2.27	12:45PM 2.11		2:08AM 1.58	11:55AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	4:25PM 0.40	3:48AM 1.62		4:31PM -0.12	3:35AM 1.01		4:27PM 0.17			4:53PM -0.21	3:53AM 1.31	4:53AM 1.02	6:17PM -0.16		5:29AM 1.43		7:29PM 0.28	7:12AM 1.16			6:18AM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	38	2	-	-	-	2	-	11	1	7	2	-	8	-	2	4	-	-
High °C	12	13	20	14	14	11	18	17	12	11	15	15	12	11	11	12	11	9	9	15	12	10
Low °C	11	11	18	14	12	10	16	16	11	11	15	15	12	10	11	11	10	9	9	12	10	8
Chill °C (?)	11	12	20	13	11	11	18	17	12	11	14	14	10	9	10	11	10	8	7	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	8	8	9	10	11	12	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	-	1.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.8 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	18	12	12	-	11	12	14	10	10	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	17	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3340	3026	2002	2078	1873	1741	1043	1323	1718	1661	773	1028	1267	1340	1085	1968	2685	2418	2158	1004	1073	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					11:03PM 1.28			9:34AM 2.63					11:48PM 1.31				10:20AM 2.79				11:29PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)						2:56AM 0.99				3:44PM -0.16				3:35AM 1.01					5:06PM -0.15			3:16AM 1.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	10	10	16	13	24	20	16	14	14	14	14	12	10	10	13	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	10	10	9	15	11	24	20	15	13	13	13	12	11	8	10	13	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.1 NW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.2 NW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 NW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	15	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	12	14	13	11	13	12	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	4	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 NW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3235	3059	1686	1637	1666	1778	816	2504	1614	838	843	1911	1880	1972	1326	1370	1796	1752	1741	1037	1043	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						3:56PM -0.06												3:49AM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	12	12	12	16	10	17	17	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	10	10	11	15	10	17	17	14	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	10	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 NW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	1.6 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	12	15	10	11	11	11	11	15	11	6	13	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	12	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-

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