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

	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Alisitos Baja Norte	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South
Rating	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	0.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 WNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 SW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	9	9	9	11	9	15	9	15	14	9	15	8	14	8	12	8	11	9	13	15
Energy(?)	503	275	1034	1036	189	1789	940	292	710	487	291	374	126	264	368	401	1754	492	534	831	901	499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 1.59		8:28PM 1.63			11:12PM 1.82	12:18PM 1.41		12:14AM 2.34	1:32PM 1.83		11:33PM 1.77			11:20PM 1.90		3:12PM 1.23	2:34AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)			3:29PM 0.09	2:58AM -0.09		5:43PM 0.42		5:43AM -0.22	6:10PM 0.46		7:07AM -0.43	6:54PM 0.59		7:54AM -0.51			7:27AM -0.35	7:33PM 0.74	8:34PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	8	6	-	3
High °C	10	12	10	8	19	10	15	19	11	15	20	17	11	14	12	13	16	17	12	14	19	13
Low °C	9	10	10	6	17	10	14	17	11	14	17	16	11	12	11	12	13	16	12	14	18	11
Chill °C (?)	7	12	7	5	19	6	13	19	9	14	20	16	10	14	11	13	16	17	10	12	19	13
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	2.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	14	9	9	14	13	10	14	10	14	14	7	8	7	8	12	8	11	9	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	7	12	9	14	14	18	17	15	17	15	6	9	15	14	8	16	13	13	6	11	19	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	-	2.3 NW	-	-	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	6	-	9	-	-	11	9	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-

	Tue		Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	2.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	7	15	7	9	14	10	9	9	9	10	8	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	306	537	605	315	793	1131	336	634	1350	1567	1036	1206	1165	1543	702	305	2451	1601	1416	1133	1010	1306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 1.67									11:08PM 2.09								11:58PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)				2:18AM 0.09				4:13PM 0.18								3:16PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	15	13	8	11	11	9	7	6	6	9	11	21	19	16	9	7	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	15	12	6	11	11	6	4	4	4	7	9	21	19	15	7	5	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 NW	2.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	10	9	9	9	10	9	11	14	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	13	15	15	5	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	18	14	14	14	14	17	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	8	-	10	5	9	8	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	6	16	7	7	16	16	16	8	8	8	16	9	14	14	15	14	10	14	15	8
Energy(?)	301	456	535	276	563	263	614	343	227	415	454	512	312	742	398	178	362	310	868	370	382	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:03PM 1.49		10:51PM 2.09										8:47AM 1.43	9:22AM 1.32	10:23AM 1.44	11:17AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)												4:56AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	12	16	12	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	18	15	12	10	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	15	9	5	9	9	7	6	6	5	8	5	14	18	15	11	7	14	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	16	13	13	7	12	12	7	8	8	8	13	9	6	7	15	8	10	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	12	13	13	16	16	12	16	8	12	12	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	1.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.9 NW	1.4 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	-	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.2 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.1 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	8	6	6	7	14	8	5	-	4	4	4	6	5	6	-	7	-	10	6	6	8

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