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

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Rainbow Rocks Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	15	13	13	12	12	6	11	9	8	7	9	9	9	10
Energy	833	1086	1193	1363	1000	897	623	575	278	673	742	357	738	432	783	238	909	405	657	1188	1964	762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 2.13	12:59AM 2.58		3:04PM 2.08	1:34AM 2.51		3:55PM 2.02	2:11AM 2.43		4:53PM 1.10	2:28AM 1.48		5:54PM 1.12	1:37AM 1.73		6:32PM 1.12	4:25AM 1.31		7:32PM 2.20	4:42AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 1.46		8:13AM 0.35	7:46PM 1.54		8:55AM 0.42		8:25PM 1.61	9:14AM -0.09		8:21PM 0.93	10:04AM -0.03			10:30AM 0.51		10:55PM 0.93	10:48AM 0.08		11:54PM 1.34	11:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	13	15	12	14	15	16	13	11	11	12	21	10	21	21	13	26	22	19	17
Low °C	12	13	11	12	15	12	12	14	15	10	11	10	11	18	9	18	20	12	22	21	18	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	14	12	14	14	15	12	9	9	12	21	7	21	21	11	26	22	19	17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	15	13	13	12	12	14	13	9	17	18	15	16	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 NW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	16	8	8	15	9	16	8	15	5	16	15	14	7	18	18	11	13	16	20	14	19	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	6	-	6	11	-	8	7	9	9	9	-

	Sunday 03						Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	775	833	1006	1086	1112	1487	1511	1499	1294	1363	906	1060	1039	1003	1074	878	568	794	475	574	538	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				2:18PM 2.13			12:59AM 2.58					2:58PM 1.14			11:28PM 1.98					3:57PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	7:33AM 0.31				7:09PM 1.46								6:55PM 0.83				7:23AM -0.09	8:27AM -0.14			6:33PM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	8	17	18	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	17	14	17	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Sunday 03																		Monday 04
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	8	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	16	16	15	16	14	16	16
Energy	750	820	775	773	844	833	926	905	1006	995	713	1074	1160	1129	736	730	478	1170	477	1489	975	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:09PM 1.17									11:35PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33AM 0.31											6:21PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	16	16	15	11	9	9	15	9	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	8	8	17	16	16	8	16	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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