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

	Fri		Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	2.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	8	8	14	13	7	7	13	6	10	16	10	16	16	15	14	7	13	8	7
Energy(?)	735	185	249	416	862	167	282	167	217	122	233	160	458	267	279	483	256	214	665	237	195	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:19PM 2.78		7:53AM 1.35	7:11PM 2.25		9:22AM 1.41	6:57PM 1.88		8:24AM 1.43	6:56PM 2.31	8:37PM 2.06	11:14AM 1.27		9:40PM 2.09	12:05PM 1.34		8:36PM 2.43	10:25AM 1.62		10:33PM 1.88	12:19PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		11:55PM 0.21	12:38PM 0.84		2:59AM -0.08	1:47PM 0.98		1:40AM 0.20	12:27PM 1.13		4:12AM -0.34		3:12PM 0.88	5:00AM -0.40		4:28PM 0.97	3:54AM -0.04		5:06PM 0.80		5:40AM -0.35	5:27PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	20	18	13	19	18	15	15	18	17	14	20	14	27	21	19	14	22	22	16	22
Low °C	12	18	18	17	11	17	17	13	14	16	17	13	20	12	19	20	17	12	21	19	14	21
Chill °C (?)	12	19	20	18	12	19	18	14	14	18	16	14	20	13	27	21	19	13	22	22	16	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	14	14	8	8	14	13	7	13	13	6	7	16	16	16	16	15	8	14	7	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	10	10	13	14	6	9	12	15	18	12	10	12	12	11	11	9	14	14	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.0 WNW	-	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 NW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	8	-	8	-	7	6	6	-	6	10	5	6	4	8	7	7	8	7

	Friday 18				Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Mon
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	9	9	9	8	16	14	14	14	8	8	7	7	7	7	14	14	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	570	250	646	652	604	530	208	249	257	234	706	818	533	530	742	289	149	179	585	390	543	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:24PM 1.80	6:18PM 2.19				7:31AM 0.97			5:00PM 2.10	6:46PM 1.93					9:07AM 1.19			7:48PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	11:39AM 1.20				1:52AM 0.13			9:57AM 1.05						2:20AM -0.06			11:15AM 1.13					2:29AM -0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	12	12	11	13	13	20	20	19	13	12	13	13	15	16	19	19	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	20	12	12	11	13	13	20	20	19	12	11	13	13	15	15	19	19	13	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:55	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	9	15	9	9	9	8	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	13	14	14	13	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	9	15	15	15	15	13	10	9	16	18	18	17	14	14	10	6	9	16	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	6	7	7	7	-

	Friday 18												Saturday 19
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	9	9	10	9	15	14	14	14	9	9	15	15	16	16	14	14	16	16	14	16
Energy(?)	530	315	684	674	735	665	335	249	234	230	532	535	442	358	481	240	190	192	455	208	359	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)							5:09PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	11:39AM 1.20														1:14AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	13	14	12	13	19	19	19	18	11	11	11	12	12	11	18	18	11	12	16	14
Chill °C (?)	16	20	12	14	10	12	19	19	19	18	10	10	11	12	12	10	18	18	11	12	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	15	9	9	10	9	15	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	9	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	9	15	15	15	15	11	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	16	14	10	10	16	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-

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