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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	10	11	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2051	3211	1787	1627	1958	1309	865	764	286	310	340	407	1168	1293	577	679	502	655	472	1701	1162	1331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 0.98	8:59AM 1.48		10:23PM 1.32	9:27AM 2.26		11:20PM 1.37	9:26AM 2.08		12:14AM 1.39	8:56AM 2.48		11:01PM 1.50	9:40AM 2.34		12:01AM 1.49	11:56AM 2.18		1:10AM 1.53	11:32AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 0.15	3:26AM 0.44		3:00PM -0.42	2:26AM 0.88		3:48PM -0.52	3:16AM 0.96		4:36PM -0.55			4:24PM -0.10	3:20AM 1.07		5:34PM -0.00		6:02AM 1.28	6:09PM 0.16		5:36AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	15	16	16	19	17	12	16	12	13	14	14	13	13	16	14	17	13	11	14
Low °C	11	11	10	12	16	16	19	17	11	16	12	12	13	14	11	13	15	11	12	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	15	15	16	19	17	11	16	11	12	14	14	11	12	15	14	17	12	10	14
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	4:51	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	10	11	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	8	11	12	14	14	14	14	8	8	6	14	15	14	13	13	11	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02						Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3330	3396	1954	1852	2049	2002	3066	1715	1841	1627	1433	1283	1365	1155	1309	1125	1054	1019	574	597	572	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:06AM 2.31				9:21PM 1.24				7:56AM 1.98				8:21PM 1.56				7:19AM 2.51				9:16PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				3:56PM -0.16				1:36AM 0.78				3:00PM -0.42			12:57AM 0.91					2:44PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	13	11	13	11	9	10	10	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	12	10	13	11	8	8	9	11	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	11	11	7	9	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	5	8	14	8	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cantamar Settlement Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17
Energy(?)	3109	3357	2247	2149	2108	2061	3635	1990	1961	2120	2120	2094	1885	1935	2374	2393	2919	2370	2910	1985	1940	1895
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																7:20PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)											2:14PM -0.24										12:16AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	9	9	13	15	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	7	7	12	15	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	12	15	12	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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