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

	Wed		Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	16	15	13	14	13	14	18	16	15	16	14	15
Energy(?)	1158	1535	822	731	568	720	611	274	386	396	421	835	483	653	571	575	862	1016	1114	973	834	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:15PM 1.25	7:14AM 1.70		10:45PM 1.28	7:56AM 1.74		10:19PM 1.05	10:17AM 2.20		10:22PM 1.47	9:14AM 1.76		11:53PM 1.28	9:52AM 1.73		12:00AM 1.59	9:54AM 2.14		10:44PM 1.60	9:46AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 1.08		2:52PM -0.07	2:21AM 1.07		3:35PM 0.21	2:12AM 0.83	4:19AM 1.09	2:52PM 0.14	2:29AM 1.15		4:25PM -0.21		4:02AM 0.94	4:53PM -0.21			4:17PM 0.19	3:42AM 0.96		4:44PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	21	20	16	20	20	15	22	19	16	20	20	17	13	18	11	12	13	15	17	18
Low °C	16	16	21	17	15	18	18	14	21	18	14	20	16	16	11	17	10	11	12	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	21	20	16	20	20	15	22	19	16	20	20	17	12	18	10	12	13	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	17	16	16	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	16	15	13	14	6	14	11	16	15	16	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	12	9	17	16	14	14	14	18	11	4	13	6	13	7	18	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14				Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3354	1158	1447	1407	1307	1091	1285	1156	1234	1057	1065	605	568	590	519	521	666	673	627	616	606	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					10:15PM 1.25			7:12AM 1.66					10:45PM 1.28			7:56AM 1.74				8:57PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15PM 0.01				1:37AM 1.08				1:50PM 0.27				2:21AM 1.07				3:07PM 0.19				1:17AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	19	16	15	15	15	18	21	15	19	17	16	15	15	15	17	20	18	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	19	16	14	14	14	18	21	15	19	17	16	15	15	15	17	20	18	18	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	8	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.1 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	1.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	11	11	11	7	7	15	13	15	7	15	17	15	15	16	8	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	3123	924	1027	1027	1158	1158	2001	1145	2403	673	1433	1407	1372	1341	1307	1272	1788	1373	818	902	826	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:56PM 1.38		10:15PM 1.25								6:20AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)					2:15PM 0.01											1:37AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	19	19	19	19	19	20	18	9	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	19	19	19	19	19	20	18	7	19	19	14	14	14	14	14	18	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	12	12	17	17	17	12	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	18	18	18	12	12	12	17	11	19	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	5	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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