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 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	13	14	12	12	6	11	8	7	14	20	7	7	12	11	8	8	9	11	11	8	8	11
Energy	799	295	768	666	387	534	190	749	311	237	1042	881	707	960	926	1595	1043	991	725	764	485	361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	off	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.47	2:53AM 1.79		5:39PM 1.41	3:42AM 2.35		6:37PM 1.17	3:20AM 1.20		6:44PM 1.12				8:02PM 1.62	7:23AM 1.44	7:26PM 1.34		7:13AM 1.11			7:44AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	8:45AM 0.42	7:19PM 1.43	9:12PM 1.07	8:51AM 0.09		10:11PM 1.79	11:20AM 0.71		10:02PM 0.96	11:16AM 0.08		12:52AM 1.69	12:05PM 0.59		1:59AM 0.77	1:54PM 0.24		1:40AM 0.46	1:16PM 0.23	2:40PM 1.01	2:27AM 0.14	1:19PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	12	14	20	12	21	21	12	18	21	13	25	20	22	19	21	17	21	13	13	16
Low °C	12	17	11	12	18	9	18	20	12	17	20	11	23	19	19	14	21	16	19	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	13	18	11	14	20	11	21	21	11	18	21	11	25	20	22	19	21	17	21	11	12	16
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	13	14	12	12	14	11	8	17	14	10	16	12	12	11	8	8	9	11	11	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	7	16	7	7	18	8	11	13	9	20	15	19	8	18	16	12	16	16	8	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	14	16	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7	16	11	8
Energy	525	535	693	212	565	899	906	792	580	541	542	666	326	570	619	507	1058	746	665	382	612	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.92					4:51PM 2.10			1:11AM 1.38						5:40PM 1.41			2:07AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)								8:22PM 0.93				10:30AM 0.63				10:11PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	14	11	14	12	10	14	14	17	14	22	13	10	9	14	14	16	13	23	23
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	9	13	11	9	13	14	17	14	22	12	10	9	13	13	16	13	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	16	13	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7	10	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	11	5	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	7	14	7	7	8	12	12	11	7	17	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	11	8

	Wednesday 06
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Frankport Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	16	11	15	11	16	16	15	15	13	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	14	14
Energy	567	573	398	245	371	500	541	613	450	447	411	799	378	896	913	912	326	295	306	647	313	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 1.92																4:23PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)										8:31AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	15	11	11	11	11	14	16	17	14	18	14	13	12	17	17	16	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	14	16	17	13	18	13	12	10	16	16	15	13	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	7	15	7	7	7	16	16	16	7	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	7	5	5

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