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

	Mon	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Marina CAL - Monterey	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	9	8	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	9	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	10	16	14	7	15	14	14	13	13	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	16	16
Energy(?)	1406	702	876	580	742	408	1917	3274	3405	8367	7580	2553	2627	974	967	1242	1387	2779	2891	4864	3499	3065
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:39AM 1.37	2:32PM 1.84		5:18AM 1.75	4:39PM 1.49		6:28AM 1.99	5:07PM 1.27		5:30AM 1.85	6:35PM 1.19		8:13AM 2.04		8:50PM 2.08	8:45AM 2.10		8:34PM 1.54	9:38AM 2.15		9:56PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		9:20AM 1.03		10:01PM 0.35	10:41AM 1.22		10:55PM 0.09	12:28PM 1.13		11:43PM 0.19	11:45AM 0.82	1:02PM 0.52	12:37AM 0.32		1:32PM 0.34	2:22AM 1.14		3:26PM 0.68	1:39AM 0.96		4:01PM 0.51	2:45AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	10	2	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	15	16	18	15	12	10	10	12	15	12	14	14	12	15	14	14	14	15	15
Low °C	18	20	20	15	16	16	14	10	9	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	15	16	18	13	10	8	7	12	14	11	13	12	11	15	13	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	12	11	12	10	10	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	15	10	16	14	14	9	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	9	8	8	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Mon		Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Marina CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	16	16	16	16	16	13	15	14	14	14	14	10	10	14
Energy(?)	1507	1116	1580	1434	1354	1009	652	745	665	575	660	524	522	1272	524	1308	2599	1546	627	4488	2552	1475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:27AM 1.67			3:05PM 2.00					5:30AM 1.36				5:01PM 1.73				6:52AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		8:37PM -0.12				9:32AM 0.98				9:58PM -0.01					10:32AM 0.88				11:01PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11	10	3
Temp. °C	20	20	21	20	22	21	20	18	17	16	19	16	15	16	17	15	14	17	16	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	20	22	21	20	18	17	16	19	16	14	16	17	14	13	16	15	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	16	16	12	10	16	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	14	11	11	16	16	10	11	10	14	16	8	15	18	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	1.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	8	-	5	10	10	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Marina CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	12	14	12	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1302	1507	2206	2042	2017	1534	1497	1115	1338	1308	783	678	679	963	762	518	644	606	749	656	430	752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)													4:38AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)						9:29PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	23	23	19	19	20	19	19	22	18	19	14	20	15	15	17	24	15	17	21
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	23	23	19	19	20	19	19	22	18	19	14	20	15	15	17	24	14	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	12	14	12	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	9	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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