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

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alisitos Baja Norte	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	7	8	12	10	11	11	11	11	9	6	8	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	233	436	278	2340	1035	1205	963	3919	1512	778	549	1469	628	660	501	637	690	2760	1057	1344	1361	1609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 1.47		11:00PM 1.45	11:04AM 1.32		10:10PM 1.99	11:09AM 1.21	1:30PM 1.81	11:55PM 1.46		2:18PM 1.66	10:57PM 1.88		3:22PM 1.59	12:57AM 1.38			1:55AM 1.45			2:54AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 0.40		5:08AM 0.20	3:55PM 0.57		5:11AM 0.16			6:46AM 0.22			7:34AM 0.24			8:33AM 0.28			9:46AM 0.29			11:04AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	14	9	17	13	16	17	14	15	18	12	15	16	14	22	18	12	19	18	13	24
Low °C	16	13	14	9	12	10	14	13	13	13	16	10	14	13	13	20	14	11	15	15	11	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	7	17	13	16	16	13	14	17	10	15	16	14	22	18	12	19	18	12	24
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 S	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	12	8	12	16	11	11	11	11	9	15	9	9	9	10	10	12	10	10	22	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	18	14	16	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	16	11	11	11	22	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	11	-	-

	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	18	7	7	17	16	7	10	8	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	504	260	501	524	225	231	803	1302	1237	1341	1656	1104	818	1748	3091	1362	1364	1275	1089	1169	1023	2565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 1.41								11:00PM 1.45			9:49AM 1.85	11:33AM 1.31				11:54PM 1.48				11:50AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 0.59	4:23AM 0.24			3:31PM 0.40	4:05PM -0.03				6:47AM 0.25				5:07PM 0.19				6:03AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	13	16	16	16	16	9	10	9	7	16	16	9	14	11	11	10	9	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	16	15	15	16	7	8	8	4	16	16	7	13	10	11	10	8	15	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	10	8	8	10	10	16	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	15	18	18	17	16	16	14	13	11	14	12	14	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	6	-	7	7	-	-	7	-	8	8	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

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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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Alisitos Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	1.6 W	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.7 W	0.4 S	0.4 SW	2.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	6	6	18	18	7	6	7	6	7	18	15	8	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	436	267	504	488	260	260	83	385	501	108	409	224	129	653	273	241	243	325	350	413	425	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 1.41											9:12AM 2.03	10:48AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)						3:11AM 0.59													4:51PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	14	14	16	10	13	12	10	16	16	10	18	17	17	16	14	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	12	14	14	16	7	12	12	8	16	16	8	17	16	16	14	12	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	8	6	6	8	8	7	14	6	7	13	7	7	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	18	17	17	15	15	18	12	18	12	11	18	15	12	18	15	15	15	14	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.7 W	-	0.6 NW	2.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	7	6	7	-	6	8	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7

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