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

	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	10	10	15	16	16	15	16	14	13	14	16
Energy(?)	1905	1854	1369	2110	1546	2314	1698	1323	3372	1646	1610	888	1005	1211	3373	6358	6687	4797	3626	3246	2976	4175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:39PM 0.89	3:48AM 2.02	4:15AM 2.02			5:07AM 2.33		9:02PM 1.13	4:53AM 1.82		9:26PM 1.20	6:47AM 1.80		9:48PM 1.24	6:04AM 1.98		10:33PM 1.98	8:53AM 2.53		10:38PM 1.31	9:16AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 1.19	11:48AM 0.47		10:46PM 0.99	12:57PM 0.83	1:06PM 0.31	11:18PM 1.09	12:59PM 0.51		12:32AM 1.09		1:46PM 0.06	1:24AM 1.04		2:44PM -0.11	2:59AM 1.57		4:13PM 0.39	3:06AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	24	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	1	19	4
High °C	11	11	15	17	17	10	13	11	14	16	16	10	10	10	9	11	10	12	9	10	12	10
Low °C	11	10	14	14	16	9	12	11	12	16	15	8	9	9	7	10	9	10	9	8	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	14	17	17	9	13	10	13	16	16	9	8	8	7	9	7	10	9	8	9	10
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	16	16	15	16	14	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	20	-	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	18	12	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	17	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Sunday 08						Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1208	1152	1512	2073	1077	3179	3047	3059	1991	3147	1748	1546	3242	1710	1716	1352	1276	1698	1349	1206	1578	1099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:39PM 0.89								6:41PM 1.12	8:44PM 1.01		2:58AM 1.70	4:22AM 1.48					8:33PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)		9:42AM 0.40	10:21AM 0.81			9:59PM 0.82					10:56AM 0.35			9:12PM 1.01					12:57PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	13	16	14	10	16	10	9	10	11	17	17	17	12	15	14	16	14	12	13	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	16	14	10	16	10	8	9	10	17	17	17	12	15	14	16	12	12	13	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	17	17	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Sunday 08																			Monday 09
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1156	1227	1624	2017	1171	1946	1766	1827	1170	1442	1177	1214	1794	1187	1077	967	1100	2840	2840	2840	3215	3667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													4:44PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)							10:39AM 0.91										8:13PM 0.74	9:38PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	11	14	14	13	13	18	21	20	20	13	17	16	23	15	10	10	9	11	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	11	14	12	11	11	18	21	20	20	12	17	16	23	14	10	10	9	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	17	20	20	20	20	16	20	20	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.8 NW	-	1.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	5	3	3	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	5	5

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