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

	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Calafia Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Heavens CAL - LA County	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	1.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	11	14	14	13	13	13	16	9	16	16	8	18	9	16	16	16	15	16	10	9
Energy(?)	602	625	730	179	301	477	235	132	185	385	307	411	894	877	875	795	609	521	417	381	693	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	on	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 1.96			1:16AM 1.86		4:50PM 1.18	3:24AM 2.31		6:45PM 1.14	2:56AM 1.73			8:59PM 4:37AM 0.94 1.14			4:47AM 1.67	5:17AM 1.23			5:56AM 1.77	7:21PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18AM 0.48	4:43PM 1.14		9:17AM 0.54		9:25PM 1.61	10:51AM 0.10			11:30AM 0.12		10:37PM 0.93	12:09PM 0.55		11:31PM 1.36	12:50PM 0.06			12:56PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	10	1	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	18	17	19	11	19	20	11	19	19	11	13	13	15	9	18	16	10	10	9
Low °C	13	13	17	16	15	18	10	17	20	10	16	19	11	11	13	13	9	18	15	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	18	17	19	9	19	20	9	19	19	10	12	12	15	6	17	16	10	8	6
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.2 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	7	7	7	13	13	9	9	16	8	9	9	16	16	16	15	16	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 W	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	20	19	14	13	13	6	16	11	16	12	14	18	12	13	11	7	5	6	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	0.6 S	-	-	1.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	10	-

	Sun		Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.4 WNW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.8 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 S	1.2 W	0.7 S	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	12	15	15	11	15	15	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	13	8	13	8
Energy(?)	583	686	592	1239	814	563	337	530	566	1218	575	523	516	267	201	293	708	1096	540	515	378	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			11:06PM 1.96					4:01PM 1.16			1:00AM 1.41								12:09AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						9:01AM 0.02								8:36AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	16	18	16	15	14	16	15	13	15	13	12	13	23	13	18	19	15	16	16	17	12
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	16	14	14	16	15	13	15	12	11	12	23	12	18	19	14	16	16	17	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 NW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	12	11	11	11	10	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	11	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 05						Monday 06
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	16	16	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	11	14	15	15	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	590	567	583	753	636	662	442	727	613	709	601	501	521	64	369	368	378	375	482	461	374	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									1:40AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		6:31PM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	17	14	18	17	17	19	20	20	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	18	17	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	17	14	18	17	16	19	20	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	9	15	16	16	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	11	14	15	12	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 S	0.4 NNW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	10	10	10	16	6	16	16	10	12	12	12	15	16	10	5	15	10	18	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	-

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

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