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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	15	13	11	12	12	12	11	7	7	7	18	9	8	9	11	16	16	16	12	12
Energy	622	575	284	613	455	648	454	511	482	166	749	609	573	598	1586	761	667	672	644	438	716	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 2.02	2:17AM 2.57		4:44PM 1.47	1:25AM 1.84		5:51PM 1.51	2:16AM 1.76		6:47PM 2.12	4:45AM 1.57		7:31PM 2.09	4:42AM 1.60	5:54AM 2.02	7:05PM 1.22	8:04PM 2.20	7:20AM 2.09		8:39PM 2.45	8:38AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 1.68	9:43AM 0.53	7:19PM 1.43		9:38AM 0.47		8:39PM 1.47	9:34AM 0.12		11:23PM 1.07	11:47AM 0.05		11:54PM 1.34	12:58PM 0.78		1:59AM 1.41	1:49PM 0.91		2:58AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	11	17	11	12	20	12	22	21	12	16	21	12	19	22	19	22	16	20	21
Low °C	13	16	15	10	17	10	11	18	10	19	20	11	12	20	12	16	21	18	19	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	10	16	10	12	20	11	22	21	10	16	21	10	19	22	19	22	15	20	21
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	15	13	11	12	12	12	11	7	17	18	10	16	8	9	11	7	10	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	15	5	16	14	7	7	14	8	9	13	16	14	14	13	13	18	10	16	16	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	7	7	6	9	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05						Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	568	584	601	578	543	602	577	531	538	294	898	533	785	663	665	629	515	651	630	446	616	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:57PM 2.14			12:43AM 1.92					4:41PM 1.43			1:25AM 1.84	2:52AM 2.33					5:51PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	7:23AM -0.09	8:55AM 0.42			6:33PM 1.38									9:11PM 1.67				10:29AM 0.59				10:11PM 1.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	17	14	11	10	10	15	10	17	14	14	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	17	13	9	8	10	14	10	17	14	13	8	11	11
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	16	8	8	17	15	15	15	15	15	6	7	7	14	7	14	7	6	7	14	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	1.0 NW	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	-	7	-	7	-	5	-	6	-	7	-	7	-

	Tuesday 05																		Wednesday 06
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	533	581	616	618	800	806	789	707	691	257	584	482	652	401	543	392	508	397	407	268	405	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											3:57PM 2.14											2:17AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)				8:59AM 0.44												8:25PM 1.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	17	13	11	12	12	14	11	13	11	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	12	9	10	11	13	10	12	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	14	14	15	15	15	13	17	17	14	8	15	8	15	8	14	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 NW	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	8	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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