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

7 day 48 hour

	Tue		Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tue
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Calafia Baja Norte	Salsipuedes Baja Norte
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	1	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	9	18	8	16	9	9	15	9	10	10	14	14	9	14	8	8	8	6	7	7	17	16
Energy(?)	668	418	284	380	481	440	249	383	535	576	168	233	275	147	344	244	464	111	261	121	106	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:12PM 1.94	3:45AM 1.72		2:12PM 1.41	4:33AM 1.23		3:02PM 1.50	3:57AM 1.20	5:11AM 1.33	6:19PM 2.78		5:33AM 0.88	5:00PM 1.71		7:08AM 0.94		8:11PM 2.89	10:38AM 2.08	7:53PM 2.32	9:08PM 2.36	8:58AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)		10:10PM 0.63	10:10AM 0.13		10:46PM 0.51	8:08AM 0.34		10:26PM 0.76	10:09AM 0.93		12:43AM 0.53	10:00AM 0.65		12:49AM 0.04	11:17AM 0.73		3:45AM 0.30			4:41AM -0.37	1:30PM 0.69	2:28PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	16	20	13	15	21	15	14	14	19	20	14	15	17	19	13	16	13	16	19	20
Low °C	16	15	14	20	12	13	20	13	14	13	17	19	14	11	16	18	12	14	13	14	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	15	16	20	13	14	21	15	14	13	19	20	13	15	17	19	10	15	12	15	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:37	-	-	7:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	11	8	16	9	9	15	9	10	10	14	14	9	8	14	8	13	13	12	7	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	18	10	13	18	16	18	16	15	15	4	5	14	14	10	13	19	15	15	12	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	2.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	-	8	6	7	-	-	-

	Tuesday 15				Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Fri
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	18	9	18	18	17	17	8	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	15	9	15	15
Energy(?)	910	1197	943	333	599	418	443	498	433	266	385	371	366	366	362	440	449	449	296	466	334	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:12PM 1.94								4:51PM 2.65			1:54AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)							7:29AM 0.17					8:28PM 0.57				10:51AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	13	17	12	17	18	15	16	15	15	18	18	18	19	15	16	16	16	13	18	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	17	12	17	18	15	16	15	15	18	18	18	19	14	16	15	16	13	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	20	18	9	18	18	10	10	8	9	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	10	9	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	15	13	19	13	13	17	17	10	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	16	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW
Period (s)	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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