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

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Deadman's CAL - Ventura
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	17	16	16	16	15	7	10	10	9	8	9	8	16	8	8	8	15	14	14
Energy(?)	354	369	335	536	527	555	540	492	804	1855	1651	698	451	755	594	289	405	762	296	219	250	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:55PM 1.62		5:21AM 2.15	7:25PM 1.49	4:57AM 1.19		7:09PM 1.09				9:06PM 1.35	9:06AM 1.68	7:47PM 1.84		7:29AM 1.86			10:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34AM 0.23		11:44PM 1.74	1:13PM 0.76		11:18PM 0.84	12:24PM 0.08		12:17AM 0.68			2:58AM 0.63			1:38AM 0.79	1:46PM 0.46				4:58PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	4	-	1	10	8	17	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	13	15	19	13	11	12	11	11	14	11	10	14	11	16	16	12	9	15	15	15
Low °C	13	19	12	13	19	11	10	12	11	11	14	9	9	13	7	15	15	11	8	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	20	13	14	19	13	9	10	8	8	13	11	8	12	8	16	16	10	8	14	14	15
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	8	17	16	16	16	15	16	10	10	9	8	14	14	9	16	7	8	15	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	6	14	7	8	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	18	18	13	13	13	12	12	14	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	-	1.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	8	8	-	6	-	-

	Thursday 09						Friday 10								Saturday 11
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	13	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	363	364	309	299	643	605	547	600	549	595	529	509	580	581	576	569	582	555	587	575	628	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)								3:20AM 1.14								4:47AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			12:09PM 0.75								12:50PM 0.61				11:31PM 1.36					2:14PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	8	3	6	-
Temp. °C	17	13	13	13	18	17	17	17	17	13	14	15	12	17	17	16	16	12	10	11	9	17
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	13	18	17	17	17	17	13	13	14	12	17	17	16	16	10	9	9	6	17
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 NW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	9	8	18	18	18	18	18	8	16	15	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	8	8	6	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	12	7	12	11	11	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	6	-

	Thursday 09																		Friday 10
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	17	18
Energy(?)	366	407	322	317	387	258	279	323	321	304	480	412	395	508	594	589	593	476	632	619	622	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						10:34AM 0.23													11:43PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	13	14	19	19	20	20	20	14	15	16	13	18	18	18	18	13	12	12	13	17
Chill °C (?)	17	11	13	14	19	19	20	20	20	14	14	16	13	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	17
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	7	7	6	6	6	9	8	8	8	17	18	18	18	16	8	8	17	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	9	8	16	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	15	6	6	6	5	8	14	14	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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