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

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Nesika Beach Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Marina CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	5	4	3	7	5	4	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	16	11	9	10	9	10	13	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11
Energy	1014	511	665	659	477	648	1556	405	1166	721	649	1227	1141	1708	1960	2304	1683	3020	7128	5260	1104	1460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:06PM 1.44	8:31AM 2.00	7:59PM 1.44	9:17PM 1.82	8:32AM 1.58		9:00PM 1.72	8:04AM 1.64		9:03PM 1.69	9:57AM 1.17		9:40PM 1.80	12:51PM 1.83		10:21PM 1.87	12:52PM 1.26		10:59PM 2.45	1:32PM 1.60		10:45PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	3:51AM 0.39			3:58AM 0.20			3:55AM -0.02	1:25PM 0.75	2:28PM 0.43	3:51AM -0.32		3:22PM 0.63	4:35AM -0.48	6:14AM -0.56	4:07PM 1.10		5:22AM -0.56	4:32PM 0.71		6:34AM -0.11	5:45PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	18	13	18	21	13	17	19	14	17	22	17	13	15	13	18	19	16	19	20	15
Low °C	9	12	18	11	13	20	10	15	18	10	15	21	10	11	15	10	13	19	15	19	19	15
Chill °C (?)	8	14	18	12	18	21	11	17	19	14	17	22	17	11	14	11	18	18	15	19	20	15
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.5 S	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.3 SSW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	15	11	12	11	13	16	16	9	10	15	10	13	14	14	11	13	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	6	13	15	14	13	18	12	10	16	15	16	14	15	19	14	14	18	13	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	6	7	12	-	11	-	-	9	-	-	10	10	-	11	11	11	10	-

	Mon		Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Popotla Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	12	12	12	11
Energy	1014	1041	1163	528	522	695	435	391	789	823	682	610	600	963	802	1185	1021	1654	1726	1130	1542	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 1.46			7:21AM 1.04	9:05AM 1.18			7:54PM 1.97					9:54AM 1.45				8:18PM 1.65				10:13AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)							12:13PM 0.64	2:30PM 0.93				2:31AM 0.68				2:01PM 0.82				3:09AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	11	13	11	17	15	14	13	12	13	14	13	12	21	12	15	10	10	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	11	13	9	17	15	13	13	12	12	14	12	10	21	11	14	10	10	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	7	7	12	12	12	13	11	8	12	12	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	6	16	15	15	15	12	14	15	15	11	12	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	-	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	8	-	8	11

	Monday 11	Tuesday 12
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Popotla Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1019	940	944	657	657	773	423	649	756	539	534	763	623	543	657	519	604	640	569	569	800	538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									1:46AM 0.94												1:15PM 0.72	2:04PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	12	11	9	15	11	14	11	11	14	14	11	10	15	12	17	17	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	12	11	8	15	11	14	11	11	14	14	11	10	15	12	17	17	18	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	6	7	16	16	16	10	6	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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