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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 NW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	10	11	12	12	12	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	7	9
Energy(?)	775	613	727	550	592	869	529	537	774	699	2087	1973	2093	1351	1580	1572	895	403	1839	2551	495	2722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:32AM 2.72	12:43PM 2.02		12:58AM 2.21	1:32PM 1.96		1:29AM 2.30	1:57PM 1.37	2:24PM 1.85	1:31AM 1.87		3:01PM 1.25	12:02AM 2.19	2:00PM 1.33	4:32PM 2.17	3:36AM 2.84		5:43PM 1.09	3:20AM 1.65		7:21PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	6:16PM 0.06		6:41AM 0.16	6:49PM 0.18		7:24AM -0.01	7:23PM 0.34		7:34AM -0.09	7:59PM 0.52		8:27AM -0.15	7:50PM 0.60		7:29AM 0.43		9:25PM 1.44	10:59AM 0.41		8:48PM 1.00	11:25AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-
High °C	15	15	19	18	17	18	26	23	19	22	19	25	20	11	13	21	12	15	11	7	16	10
Low °C	14	13	15	17	16	15	24	20	14	21	14	18	20	10	11	20	11	11	9	6	12	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	19	18	17	18	26	23	19	22	19	25	20	10	12	21	12	14	8	3	16	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	8	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	1.8 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	12	12	10	11	16	7	11	14	14	13	13	16	14	15	19	18	5	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	4.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	8	8	9	10	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	7	9

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 NW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	11	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	831	749	678	593	613	631	730	727	497	736	729	801	794	513	524	869	760	1348	630	711	547	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 2.04				12:29AM 2.10				12:10PM 1.58				12:24AM 1.76				1:38PM 2.57				11:52PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			6:16PM 0.06				6:41AM 0.16				6:05PM 0.16			4:40AM 0.39					5:43PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	19	18	19	15	14	15	22	23	18	17	15	19	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	14	15	15	15	19	18	19	15	14	15	22	23	18	16	14	19	18	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 NW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	11	12	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 WSW	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	3	11	6	6	6	7

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	935	859	831	808	798	775	765	678	656	670	543	481	481	280	279	556	608	627	275	272	187	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 2.04	12:01PM 2.66											11:56PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)								6:16PM 0.06											5:07AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	22	22	15	15	14	20	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	13	12	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	22	22	15	15	14	20	20	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	10	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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