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

	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	6	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	16	12	19	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	18	18
Energy(?)	1259	2131	4560	6216	4371	2406	1476	1058	1082	1198	2407	2831	5528	5838	6092	3744	4570	2030	1643	1470	1811	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 1.42	6:56AM 1.96		9:59PM 1.30	8:39AM 2.47		11:19PM 1.68	9:56AM 2.46		12:00AM 1.78	9:08AM 2.39		11:00PM 1.71	9:56AM 2.31		11:56PM 1.45	10:50AM 1.68		10:35PM 1.79	10:05AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		2:11PM 0.36	11:51PM 1.25		1:56PM -0.27	1:47AM 0.94		4:06PM -0.34	3:51AM 0.98		3:43PM -0.05			4:24PM -0.02	3:53AM 1.02		4:50PM -0.31		4:55AM 0.61	5:26PM -0.18		4:05AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	14	18	14	19	20	16	17	19	14	11	12	15	17	17	13	18	19	14	20
Low °C	12	12	12	12	16	13	16	17	14	16	14	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	17	18	11	19
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	14	18	13	19	20	16	17	19	14	9	11	14	17	16	12	18	19	13	20
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	5:25	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.9 SW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	16	12	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 W	1.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	18	11	15	19	10	13	13	13	12	12	22	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28						Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	14	14	13	16	15	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1443	1256	1069	1629	1117	3096	5096	6381	6259	6216	4120	5254	3937	3848	3424	3088	1673	1476	1208	1058	1298	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:29AM 2.70					9:08PM 1.20				7:54AM 2.37				9:07PM 1.51				7:26AM 1.95				8:24PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				1:42PM -0.11				1:23AM 1.19				3:30PM -0.34				1:03AM 1.22				2:46PM -0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	19	14	15	11	12	12	12	12	20	13	16	17	16	17	13	16	19	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	8	11	19	13	14	10	11	11	11	12	20	13	16	17	16	17	12	16	19	20	22	21
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	13	16	15	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	19	15	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28																			Thursday 29
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	11
Energy(?)	1406	1353	477	1136	633	1486	1895	1944	1762	2076	1056	2643	1199	2078	2078	2052	1674	1674	1791	1834	160	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	8:56PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	14	12	13	12	12	13	15	15	17	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	18	18
Chill °C (?)	8	8	13	11	13	12	11	12	15	14	16	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	14	10	10	15	18	15	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Del Norte County	Monterey	Santa Barbara
Humboldt County	Orange County	Santa Cruz
Los Angeles County	San Diego County	Sonoma County
Marin County	San Luis Obispo	Ventura County
Mendocino County	San Mateo

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