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

	Thu	Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	11	14	14	13	16	14	13	13	12	22	20	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	14	12
Energy(?)	576	2111	1282	628	589	844	1414	1316	1322	1409	1122	1724	3097	3777	3185	2250	2493	1575	1018	1573	924	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 2.23	5:03PM 1.57		5:28AM 1.86	5:11PM 1.47		6:42AM 1.79	6:35PM 1.47	7:46PM 1.95	6:29AM 2.16		7:48PM 1.50	7:16AM 1.87		10:05PM 1.75	7:47AM 2.42		10:23PM 1.32	8:40AM 2.05		11:20PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	10:40PM 0.73	11:47AM 1.43		11:05PM 0.27	11:54AM 0.97		12:31AM 0.46			1:10AM 1.08		1:36PM 0.40	12:37AM 0.96		3:37PM 0.21	3:05AM 0.86		3:00PM -0.42	2:26AM 0.88		3:48PM -0.52	3:16AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	12	17	13	12	17	13	21	17	14	17	16	16	18	16	13	16	16	16	17	17	14
Low °C	15	12	15	12	11	14	12	19	14	14	17	16	16	18	14	12	15	16	15	17	16	12
Chill °C (?)	18	11	16	13	11	17	13	21	16	13	17	16	16	18	16	13	15	16	16	17	17	14
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	16	14	13	13	12	11	20	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.9 NW	0.3 SSW	0.9 W	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	7	15	15	14	13	13	7	11	11	10	10	11	9	12	6	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3031	3010	3208	2212	1309	1279	1669	1637	1385	1137	1251	1220	1003	675	942	1705	1494	1200	1414	1484	1385	1346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					5:04AM 1.73								5:28AM 1.86				5:11PM 1.47				6:03AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			10:49PM 0.20				11:51AM 0.95				10:23PM 0.63				12:57PM 1.23				11:04PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	15	19	13	11	15	9	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	13	13	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	14	19	13	9	14	8	15	14	15	15	11	11	16	13	13	13	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	14	10	10	10	14	13	15	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 S	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	16	17	13	15	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	-	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	17	17	12	12	16	12	16	12	12	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2336	3061	4009	2092	558	528	3971	2162	576	2413	923	1071	1141	665	2182	2191	1307	666	644	689	686	715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)														5:01AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)						9:40PM 0.55	10:49PM 0.20												10:58AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	18	18	12	12	18	12	16	15	16	12	11	12	18	15	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	12	18	18	11	11	18	12	15	14	15	12	10	12	18	15	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	15	16	5	5	15	15	16	13	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

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