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

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	0.7 S	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	11	11	12	20	19	19	17	16	16	10	6	15	10	10	10	9	10	8	9
Energy(?)	798	643	791	756	1290	536	431	537	553	560	570	501	577	822	465	1356	1991	978	946	619	529	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 2.65		6:36AM 1.90	3:29PM 0.77		7:41AM 1.15	5:12PM 1.97		9:12AM 1.60	7:59PM 2.09		9:44AM 1.41	7:48PM 1.65	8:38PM 1.77	9:34AM 1.71	7:38PM 2.08		9:58AM 1.77		10:05PM 1.70	9:01AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 1.20		11:39PM -0.02	10:57AM 1.54		12:10AM 0.01	11:20AM 1.01		1:16AM -0.06		2:09PM 1.18	3:23AM -0.06		2:07PM 0.84	3:33AM -0.05			2:36AM 0.23		2:21PM 0.77	4:47AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	16	16	19	18	22	24	21	26	26	22	22	20	18	19	18	16	18	18	16	17
Low °C	14	21	15	15	19	18	20	23	19	23	25	21	16	20	16	15	17	14	15	18	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	22	16	16	19	18	22	24	21	26	26	22	22	20	18	19	17	16	18	18	15	17
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	12	13	11	11	14	8	14	19	8	17	16	16	10	16	8	10	10	10	9	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	13	8	17	12	20	13	10	13	12	9	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	7	14	8	12	11	11	10	7	11	8	11	20	20	8	19	10	18
Energy(?)	1009	798	941	819	699	1004	550	1028	622	834	1033	737	821	505	1084	1137	618	766	539	501	1053	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:10PM 2.65					6:21AM 1.06								7:01AM 1.41			4:40PM 1.94	5:56PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52AM 1.39				10:50PM 0.06					11:03AM 1.14				12:36AM -0.02			10:27AM 1.26	11:18AM 1.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	18	16	19	18	15	19	17	19	18	15	17	15	21	20	18	21	23	18	22
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	18	16	19	18	15	19	17	18	17	14	17	15	21	20	18	21	23	18	22
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	7	6	12	6	11	11	8	14	11	8	11	12	8	8	19	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	16	13	12	14	12	13	13	13	12	14	11	13	14	11	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	7	-	8	6	-	7	10	7	5	8	11	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Saturday 13																		Sunday 14
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Calafia Baja Norte	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	13	14	12	14
Energy(?)	1030	990	1160	890	646	667	641	951	660	949	708	708	960	478	954	549	282	892	804	203	581	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)												4:17PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)																	9:48PM 0.49	10:09PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	13	15	19	21	21	19	22	16	18	18	16	21	15	18	18	17	20	18	14	19
Chill °C (?)	16	13	13	15	19	21	21	19	22	16	18	18	15	21	15	18	18	16	20	18	13	19
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	7	14	6	14	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 W
Period (s)	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	13	14	13	7	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 WNW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	-	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	6	-	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	7	6	-	4	-

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