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

	Wed		Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wed
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	14	14	8	13	11	15	14	15	13	14	12	16	16	15	14	14	16	12	11
Energy(?)	686	744	759	766	1072	1364	892	859	627	898	491	316	268	198	267	398	321	381	294	233	1594	1369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 1.39	11:54AM 1.43		1:29AM 1.46	12:44PM 1.66		2:02AM 1.86		2:49PM 1.26	3:48AM 2.22	4:06AM 2.13	4:51PM 1.39		4:15AM 1.85	6:05PM 1.05		5:01AM 1.91		7:12PM 1.33	5:25AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	5:57PM 0.32		6:05AM 0.72	6:19PM 0.05		7:13AM 1.03	5:39PM 0.55	7:13PM 0.62	9:37AM 0.57		9:11PM 0.52	10:57AM 0.35		9:11PM 0.62	11:34AM 0.21		9:07PM 0.87	12:46PM 0.03		10:31PM 1.21		1:18PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	17	12	10	10	12	13	12	15	14	15	16	17	14	16	15	14	17	16	13	14	14
Low °C	14	14	12	9	9	10	12	11	13	14	15	14	15	12	16	14	13	16	14	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	17	12	8	10	10	12	11	15	13	14	16	16	14	16	15	14	17	16	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	8	13	9	11	15	14	15	13	14	12	11	11	15	14	14	6	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	18	16	11	14	16	13	15	8	8	8	7	10	18	16	16	10	10	9	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Sand spit CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	15	15	14	8	8	13	8	8	17	16	15	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1052	686	680	525	518	704	687	630	628	779	1007	1283	1234	1003	1587	1364	514	1389	1411	1257	1017	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 2.01													2:18AM 1.65			12:47PM 1.27	1:42PM 1.45				2:02AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			5:49PM -0.09				4:28AM 0.95					8:17PM 0.01				8:01AM 0.63				7:13PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	12	11	11	9	8	9	9	10	14	11	10	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	11	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	14	10	9	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	15	15	14	14	13	8	8	13	9	8	8	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	18	15	17	11	11	15	19	18	13	13	16	13	16	15	16	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Sand spit CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1030	796	786	686	686	890	699	913	660	695	577	593	597	596	594	633	462	517	642	639	689	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 2.01	11:10AM 1.56														1:40AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							4:44PM 0.28														6:11AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	11	11	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	11	12	11	10	10	12	11	12	13	11	11	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	18	16	5	5	5	18	18	17	18	17	17	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5

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