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

7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thu
	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	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	State Line Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.0 SSW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	10	10	8	9	9	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	16	9
Energy(?)	1040	1100	604	341	314	634	287	721	1952	606	595	1372	852	1046	1207	836	1202	1006	1085	1833	532	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:18PM	2:35AM		5:28PM	1:50AM		7:45PM	4:33AM		7:44PM	4:01PM			8:27PM	5:40AM		8:01PM	4:05PM	1:17PM	12:16AM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22AM		8:39PM	10:10AM	9:22AM		10:24AM		10:50PM	11:47AM		12:09AM	12:15PM		1:27AM	1:00PM	2:01PM	1:25AM	6:58AM	6:18PM		6:43AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	10	13	14	9	14	18	10	11	11	11	14	14	12	14	15	9	11	10	14	13
Low °C	10	11	10	10	13	8	13	17	9	9	10	7	7	13	11	10	14	8	9	10	13	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	13	13	7	14	18	9	11	10	8	12	13	10	13	13	5	10	7	13	11
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	0.4 SW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	17	12	10	10	8	9	12	10	11	11	14	14	18	10	10	10	9	18	15	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	17	13	14	16	16	13	13	15	15	14	14	19	19	13	17	16	16	16	15	18	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	9	-	9

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	9
Energy(?)	1600	1040	1072	1100	763	734	604	515	634	341	334	314	388	719	634	288	581	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:10PM 1.44			1:05AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		9:24AM 0.55								9:49AM 0.51				9:20PM 1.69				10:24AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	8	9	13	9	14
Chill °C (?)	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	8	7	13	8	14
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	12	12	11	17	11	12	12	11	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	17	13	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	15	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

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