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

	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	7	5	8	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	16	13	11	16	10	17	16	16	13
Energy(?)	6329	2034	4163	4190	2459	1432	1960	1518	1374	837	894	533	913	1549	846	800	726	785	973	1816	732	2798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 2.19		12:34AM 1.47	11:47AM 3.03		12:56AM 1.58	11:14AM 2.32		12:29AM 1.41		1:36PM 2.90	3:53AM 1.76		1:59PM 1.81		5:05AM 2.31	2:04PM 1.80		5:32AM 1.42	3:43PM 1.33		5:58AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:41PM -0.46		5:49AM 1.33			5:03AM 1.26	6:19PM 0.05		7:47AM 1.05		8:55PM -0.33	8:51AM 1.63		9:30PM -0.15	10:13AM 1.63		9:40PM 0.36	10:47AM 0.87		11:54PM 0.65	11:56AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	21	19	13	15	19	15	21	20	18	24	17	24	27	26	21	17	21	13	17	15	17	19
Low °C	19	18	13	14	16	14	21	20	18	24	16	23	25	23	20	16	19	12	16	14	16	19
Chill °C (?)	21	19	12	15	18	15	21	20	18	24	17	24	27	26	21	17	21	12	17	15	17	18
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	16	13	11	12	10	9	16	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	19	18	18	12	16	16	11	10	7	16	14	17	9	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.1 S	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	13	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	11040	11630	10818	8701	7030	5460	6139	9468	3366	3584	6245	6319	5071	4898	4366	3407	7204	3179	1223	1076	1641	1518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:34PM 1.49				11:02AM 3.05				10:05PM 1.56	1:16AM 1.78			11:55AM 3.18				12:18AM 1.49				12:35PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)			4:19AM 0.71				5:02PM -0.09				5:57AM 1.38				6:34PM -0.46	7:07PM -0.14			5:08AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	15	21	15	16	17	14	12	14	14	13	12	12	16	17	15	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	15	14	21	14	15	17	14	11	14	13	12	12	11	15	17	15	20	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	13	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	-	17	-	-	12	13	14	14	13	-	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Alisitos Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	15	15	13	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15
Energy(?)	6441	11040	11040	11281	11135	4209	5434	2370	399	10170	10622	10419	10033	8881	8440	6559	6840	6510	4348	4053	5006	5778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)						3:25AM 1.05													4:44PM -0.47		6:09PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	13	14	14	16	16	14	17	17	19	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	15	14	10	12	12	15	15	12	16	16	19	18	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	13	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	-	-	16	16	16	18	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	13	13	16	12	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	9	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	-	-	-	-

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