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

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	10	12	16	16	16	16	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	473	531	699	259	586	535	523	596	502	991	1748	947	715	651	504	284	481	710	549	572	565	441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:07AM 1.25	6:00PM 1.81		7:45AM 1.45	6:37PM 2.01		7:46AM 1.30	6:51PM 1.73		9:35AM 1.72		8:40PM 2.04	8:47AM 1.83		8:16PM 1.75	9:01AM 1.55		8:52PM 1.70	9:24AM 1.60		10:51PM 1.85	12:22PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	11:52AM 0.99		12:27AM 0.31	12:04PM 1.16		1:16AM 0.24	12:59PM 0.67		1:55AM -0.09		2:47PM 1.03	3:33AM 0.32		5:02PM 0.57	2:54AM -0.02		2:57PM 0.30	3:19AM 0.06		4:49PM 0.67	4:57AM 0.63	6:11AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	21	18	26	23	21	21	18	18	17	18	18	18	14	16	17	17	22	24	17	20
Low °C	19	24	19	18	25	23	17	20	15	16	16	17	18	18	13	15	17	16	16	23	16	17
Chill °C (?)	22	24	21	18	26	23	21	21	18	18	16	18	18	18	14	16	17	17	22	24	16	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:57	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	19	10	12	16	16	10	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	20	13	19	6	12	9	16	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	20	20	11	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	1206	1058	583	711	551	520	502	551	615	552	727	659	668	503	523	573	577	572	582	518	514	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:01AM 1.41			4:40PM 1.94						8:28AM 1.58			5:54PM 1.65				7:46AM 1.30	9:00AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36AM -0.02			10:27AM 1.26	11:11AM 1.31				12:30AM 0.01				12:00PM 1.21	2:05PM 1.08			1:18AM -0.07				1:51PM 1.14	2:41PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	20	17	23	23	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	17	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	20
Chill °C (?)	15	14	20	17	23	23	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	17	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	14	11	11	19	19	18	18	8	10	9	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	13	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	10	18	18	13	6	12	16	16	12	12	8	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6

	Monday 15
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	14	12	6	14	21	21	20	11	9	9	20	10	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	9
Energy(?)	830	1274	346	580	514	353	401	394	390	591	593	601	473	353	448	446	533	531	512	555	571	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)								6:48AM 1.07										4:38PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36AM -0.02												12:33PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	19	17	19	18	19	19	20	22	22	22	22	20	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	19	17	19	18	19	19	20	22	22	22	22	20	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	11	8	14	12	6	14	14	14	14	11	9	9	14	10	20	20	19	19	19	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	13	7	11	7	21	21	20	13	13	13	20	13	14	14	13	13	13	20	20	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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