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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	10	11
Energy(?)	3226	2028	2300	807	650	387	423	484	636	802	652	316	925	1776	1162	1259	1252	619	156	2019	1277	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 1.48		9:35PM 1.85	10:42AM 1.95		9:28PM 2.00	11:43AM 2.41		12:00AM 2.02	12:40PM 2.01		12:18AM 2.43	11:14AM 1.93		11:40PM 1.76	11:38AM 1.95		1:44AM 2.26	1:34PM 2.68		1:17AM 1.54	1:55PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 1.03	4:29AM -0.02		3:32PM 0.90	4:05AM 0.40	5:20AM 0.51	5:36PM 0.93		6:15AM 0.12	5:38PM 0.73		5:02AM 0.64	5:33PM 0.60		5:28AM 0.78	7:16PM 0.22		7:31AM 1.10			7:52AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	15	18	19	17	17	18	15	16	19	18	19	20	14	17	18	15	23	19	14	18
Low °C	17	17	14	16	19	16	16	17	15	16	17	14	14	20	14	14	17	14	20	17	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	18	14	18	19	17	17	18	15	16	19	18	19	20	13	17	18	15	23	18	12	18
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	15	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	15	13	11	12	17	16	16	16	15	4	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon 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	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	12
Energy(?)	2113	605	1311	1184	1222	1097	1404	1095	1428	1244	634	502	684	634	627	552	558	387	505	750	697	664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 1.72				8:40PM 2.04								9:28PM 2.00					11:52AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06			4:54PM 1.10				4:05AM 0.40	5:09AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	20	18	16	18	18	17	16	15	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	16	17	17	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	20	18	16	18	18	17	16	15	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	16	17	17	16	18	14
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Thursday 18																		Friday 19
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon 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	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1825	535	1242	3320	597	605	1587	1619	2667	2667	1184	2028	1072	1225	1222	1172	204	1934	1095	1012	991	1377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					9:35AM 1.72											8:40PM 2.04	9:29PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)											3:27PM 1.13	4:06PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	15	18	19	20	18	18	15	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	17	16	16	19	17
Chill °C (?)	12	17	15	18	19	20	18	18	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	17	15	15	19	17
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	8	8	10	10	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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