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

7 day 48 hour

	Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Mon
	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	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	19	18	8	16	9	9	15	10	10	10	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1069	2108	2039	1004	375	418	260	380	564	488	249	479	204	348	168	233	156	390	154	389	532	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 2.33	2:44AM 2.37		4:10PM 2.43	3:57AM 1.76		4:28PM 1.67	4:26AM 1.23		5:31PM 2.11		6:18AM 1.39	6:38PM 2.26		5:33AM 0.88	5:00PM 1.71		8:31AM 1.36			8:11AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10AM -0.20		9:07PM 1.29	9:25AM -0.08		10:25PM 0.70	10:26AM 0.14		10:47PM 0.51	10:45AM 0.92		12:01AM 0.33	11:40AM 0.62		11:38PM 0.26	10:00AM 0.65		12:59AM 0.35	12:12PM 1.18		1:38AM 0.19	12:29PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	17	20	15	15	20	14	15	21	15	13	13	18	21	21	15	28	22	13	17
Low °C	15	14	12	14	19	15	14	20	12	13	20	12	12	13	17	18	19	12	25	22	11	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	17	20	14	15	20	14	14	21	14	12	12	18	21	21	13	28	22	11	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	19	10	8	16	9	9	15	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.6 NW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	16	15	14	18	10	13	18	16	12	16	15	14	4	10	9	10	9	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	5	5	8	8	8	8	7

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	18	18	18	17	17	8	16	16
Energy(?)	1184	1005	1281	1838	2406	2977	2977	1259	1378	974	943	783	921	865	329	418	443	498	433	266	457	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:33PM 1.80				2:11AM 1.60				3:58PM 1.58			12:43AM 1.34					4:51PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50AM 0.33				9:24PM 0.84				9:26AM 0.49				10:25PM 0.70			7:29AM 0.17					8:28PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	16	19	17	16	12	12	11	12	15	16	16	13	12	17	17	18	15	16	15	18	17
Chill °C (?)	12	16	19	17	16	12	11	11	12	15	16	16	13	12	17	17	18	15	16	15	18	17
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	0.4 SSW	2.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	9	15	9	20	9	18	18	18	10	10	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	16	16	13	13	16	15	15	20	15	15	20	13	13	13	17	17	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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