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

	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	11	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	8728	2037	4294	4249	4648	1432	1960	1541	1438	837	653	783	967	947	1650	538	577	530	523	1206	1877	916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 2.19		11:58PM 1.66	12:05PM 2.58		1:05AM 1.20	9:52AM 2.32		2:49AM 1.80		1:36PM 2.90	3:48AM 1.41		2:35PM 2.68		4:08AM 1.58	2:22PM 1.49		6:02AM 2.25	3:55PM 1.70		5:58AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:51PM -0.56		6:05AM 0.87	5:57PM -0.07				7:58PM -0.48	7:44AM 1.57		8:28PM -0.28	8:51AM 1.63		10:10PM -0.20	8:32AM 1.32		9:44PM 0.00	11:38AM 1.45		10:55PM 0.47	11:56AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	13	15	13	15	22	21	18	25	17	20	27	27	24	24	21	19	20	17	17	21
Low °C	16	18	12	15	12	15	21	19	18	25	17	19	27	22	24	23	19	16	18	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	16	19	11	15	12	15	22	21	18	25	17	20	27	27	24	24	21	19	20	17	17	21
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	11	10	9	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	16	15	14	14	14	13	19	18	18	12	16	16	16	15	10	14	16	16	9	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 06						Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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 River CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	9	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	10818	8283	5322	5771	5839	5045	3138	3767	6427	5625	4986	4563	3803	3459	3048	7273	1235	1041	1641	1541	1371	1241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							10:05PM 1.56	1:16AM 1.78			11:55AM 3.18								12:35PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)	4:19AM 0.71				5:02PM -0.09				5:55AM 0.87					7:07PM -0.14			5:08AM 1.01				6:56PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	19	15	15	15	17	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	17	15	19	17	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	13	14	19	14	14	15	17	14	13	14	13	12	11	12	11	17	15	19	17	21	19	21
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	8	12	16	13	14	14	13	13	11	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	19	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06																			Friday 07
	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 River CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	9	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	15	16	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	11493	10186	5982	10129	8002	7872	1003	8015	9049	8315	5404	6828	5404	7163	5397	6414	3512	3237	3949	4810	4557	4250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:44AM 2.01		11:23AM 2.59												11:49PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	4:19AM 0.71														6:32PM -0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	15	17	16	20	17	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	17	15	20	16	12	12	12	16	12	10	12	13	15	15	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	16	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	8	12	-	12	12	17	16	-	-	-	16	-	16	16	13	13	13	-	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 NW	1.6 SSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	9	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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