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

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	9	11	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	13	11	11	12	7	11
Energy(?)	516	450	683	390	744	2098	993	732	666	349	393	450	645	918	858	853	1738	520	788	1145	388	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:04AM 1.65	6:52PM 2.04		8:22AM 1.72	7:40PM 2.11	8:34PM 1.70	8:45AM 1.80		10:48PM 2.51	11:19AM 1.61		11:05PM 1.70	11:30AM 2.05		10:56PM 1.86	12:09PM 1.69		1:03AM 1.88	1:01PM 2.54		1:10AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	2:12AM 0.26	1:55PM 1.15		2:55AM 0.27	1:41PM 0.89		3:27AM -0.04		3:23PM 0.52			5:00PM 0.45		5:12AM 0.56	5:35PM 0.74		5:51AM 0.30	5:33PM 0.60		6:54AM 0.90	7:50PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	23	24	18	19	21	22	14	17	20	15	17	16	16	21	18	17	17	26	16	23	24	16
Low °C	22	21	18	15	18	21	14	14	19	15	16	15	16	17	18	15	15	25	14	19	24	15
Chill °C (?)	23	24	18	19	21	22	14	17	20	15	17	16	15	21	17	16	17	26	16	23	24	16
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	9	9	11	15	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	13	11	13	18	11	16	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 NW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	9	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	14	12	16	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	3.5 NW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	-	12	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	574	516	675	507	582	478	503	508	529	1070	1368	1794	1970	543	1152	1072	1938	1114	1334	1241	1456	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:58AM 1.63				7:42PM 1.70	8:59PM 2.49				10:12AM 1.87				8:40PM 2.04				10:42AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			1:14AM 0.24	2:12AM 0.26			1:50PM 0.78					3:34AM -0.05				2:47PM 1.03				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	21	21	23	22	21	24	21	22	19	14	14	13	14	20	19	18	14	17	15	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	23	22	21	24	21	22	19	14	13	12	14	20	19	18	14	17	15	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.3 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	17	11	8	9	9	11	9	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campo Lopez (K-55) Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	16
Energy(?)	609	581	699	538	732	590	462	699	481	355	659	616	583	327	471	471	514	495	474	468	675	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																	9:44AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:31PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	22	21	23	23	19	23	20	15	15	15	15	18	19	23	19	23	20	18	16	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	22	21	23	23	19	23	20	15	15	15	15	18	19	23	19	23	20	18	15	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 S	0.9 NW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	11	10	16	10	16	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	12	17	11	16	9	11	9	18	17	17	17	16	16	8	16	11	12	12	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	4	5	5	10

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