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

	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	20	19	18	18	17	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	7	10	10
Energy(?)	708	432	830	978	961	675	712	635	1049	1005	1233	765	757	619	638	611	536	452	772	806	900	1653
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:08PM 1.20	8:09AM 1.94		10:51PM 1.34	10:02AM 1.46		10:36PM 1.29	8:41AM 1.97		10:40PM 1.85	9:54AM 1.98		9:39PM 1.54	11:27AM 1.40		11:31PM 2.06	12:10PM 1.78		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	4:00PM 0.11	2:44AM 0.79		3:16PM -0.12	3:50AM 0.65		5:05PM -0.05	3:54AM 0.47		4:18PM 0.41	4:29AM 0.75		3:23PM 0.33	3:51AM 0.00	5:07AM 0.13	4:06PM 0.47		6:00AM 0.46	4:27PM 0.11		5:19AM -0.11	4:53PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	25	17	17	25	23	15	17	18	16	17	19	17	19	19	17	23	25	17	15	19
Low °C	15	13	18	16	17	21	22	14	14	18	15	14	18	16	16	19	15	19	22	12	12	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	25	17	17	25	23	15	17	18	16	17	19	17	19	19	17	23	25	17	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	7:20	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	8	9	8	8	17	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	16	8	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.2 S
Period (s)	21	14	20	19	18	18	12	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	11	11	6	12	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	-	10

	Saturday 14				Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	20	9	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	848	531	1226	1233	1075	1079	1170	577	1017	1074	1174	1145	1004	658	639	1025	635	727	682	620	638	624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:30PM 1.09				8:11AM 1.47				9:27PM 1.62				8:03AM 1.96				8:51PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.00				4:01AM 0.71				3:20PM 0.36			1:51AM 0.89					3:50PM 0.37				2:34AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	18	19	17	10	13	12	19	16	26	19	18	16	19	18	17	26	25	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	10	18	19	17	10	13	12	19	16	26	19	18	16	19	18	17	26	25	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	18	18	18	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	21	14	14	14	14	20	20	20	20	20	20	9	13	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	8	10	6	6	8	9	22	8	8	21	20	8	9	8	8	20	20	20	20
Energy(?)	810	499	665	676	708	682	633	532	998	686	859	1007	673	412	432	959	679	626	628	625	734	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											9:42PM 1.59										7:19AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				2:46PM -0.09	3:24PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	17	18	21	15	15	14	16	16	18	15	14	16	17	13	15	15	15	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	17	17	21	14	13	12	16	15	18	14	12	16	17	13	14	14	14	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.9 NW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	9	14	11	12	9	14	8	9	8	8	20	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	14	22	14	14	13	20	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	8	10	6	6	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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