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

7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sun
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	11
Energy(?)	698	1018	575	3547	5110	3685	1396	2345	1003	1030	939	1381	716	721	1187	899	756	1710	600	524	520	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:34AM	7:32PM	9:21PM	8:19AM	7:22PM		8:02AM		10:54PM	11:19AM		11:50PM	12:08PM		11:27PM 7:26PM	10:57AM		12:47AM		3:53PM	4:25AM
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49PM		4:21AM			1:49AM		4:53PM	5:00AM	5:12AM	5:56PM 3:18PM		5:55AM	5:50PM	4:46AM		5:59PM		10:46AM		9:19PM	11:23AM 8:19PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	17	16	16	17	15	18	14	14	13	15	21	10	15	21	15	17	16	12	16
Low °C	18	18	17	12	16	16	13	14	14	12	14	11	12	19	9	11	21	13	15	16	11	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	17	16	15	17	14	18	14	13	11	14	21	8	14	21	13	17	16	12	15
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	14	12	13	10	10	12	10	10	10	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	18	16	12	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	13	10	13	13	15	12	13	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	12	9	9	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	17	12	16	16	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1047	698	528	1018	582	575	575	1106	3471	3547	5075	5110	5076	4939	3685	3738	3504	1396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:43AM 1.37			6:31PM 1.65					10:12AM 1.85				9:22PM 1.66				9:35AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)							1:15AM -0.07	3:32AM 0.56				4:03PM 0.48				2:52AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	15	18	17	17	17	12	12	17	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	14	17	17	17	17	12	12	17	16	16	14	13	15	15	15	17
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	16	16	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	-

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