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

	Sun	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	5	8	4	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	1	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	15	13	17	14	14	13	13	12	14	10	18	18	16	14	14	14	7	23	9	20	10	19
Energy	535	554	797	3733	7873	3900	5034	1663	238	4149	1856	1211	2123	2002	781	1350	228	230	2062	718	934	1317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:05AM 1.98		8:37PM 1.96	9:41AM 1.51		8:13PM 1.56	9:48AM 1.03		9:21PM 1.74	10:48AM 1.67		8:57PM 2.12	12:03PM 2.07		9:19PM 1.71	10:39AM 0.98		10:04PM 1.61	11:19AM 0.96		10:35PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 0.86	1:58PM 0.95		3:21AM 0.24		2:48PM 0.51	3:01AM -0.01		2:13PM 1.01	4:25AM -0.08		2:36PM 1.09	4:18AM 0.30	5:24AM 0.38	3:41PM 0.83	4:50AM -0.18		2:50PM 1.13			3:39PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	11	10	11	13	13	17	11	13	14	13	12	20	15	16	19	15	17	24	15
Low °C	12	10	12	10	10	11	11	12	16	10	13	14	12	11	19	13	16	19	9	17	24	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	10	9	9	11	13	16	8	13	14	13	12	20	14	16	19	14	17	24	15
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	16	14	14	7	7	14	9	9	20	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	17	17	16	14	15	14	14	21	18	18	10	14	14	14	14	23	12	20	16	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	-	0.4 WSW	2.5 NW	-	1.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	7	-	9	9	-	10	-

	Sun		Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	575	532	535	848	1028	554	498	797	1263	3981	3733	5390	6956	7873	4959	3900	1949	5254	5034	1502	5243	1663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:46AM 1.15	8:05AM 1.98				9:00PM 2.11				9:41AM 1.51				8:13PM 1.56				9:48AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)			1:24AM 0.86				11:57AM 0.24					3:20AM 0.84				2:48PM 0.51				2:58AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	11	13	17	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	11	12	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	11	12	16	12	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	8	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	13	13	17	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.5 NW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	9	9	15	14	14	9	17	15	17	17	17	15	16	15	14	9	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	8	13	-

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	16	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	12
Energy	529	1044	575	575	503	532	540	590	535	598	848	848	916	548	1028	1034	636	554	461	470	498	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															7:46AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)									1:24AM 0.86										11:57AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	17	17	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	16	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.0 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	7	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	10	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3

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