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 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Nesika Beach Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Hammerland CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	6	4	4	7	5	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 W	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	9	10	9	10	13	9	8	12	11	11	12	8	11	10
Energy	511	737	664	477	607	1556	943	1135	915	455	1248	1326	1848	394	1179	592	4375	5765	3126	1030	1208	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:31AM 2.00	7:54PM 1.97	9:17PM 1.82	8:32AM 1.58		9:00PM 1.72	9:36AM 1.60		9:02PM 2.27	9:41AM 1.57		9:40PM 2.38	12:51PM 1.83		9:37PM 2.45	11:33AM 1.12		9:57PM 2.38	12:10PM 1.39	2:13PM 1.99	10:45PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)			3:58AM 0.20			3:55AM -0.02		2:40PM 0.33	4:10AM 0.19		3:22PM 0.63	4:58AM 0.02	6:14AM -0.56	3:10PM 0.48			4:32PM 0.71		5:28AM -0.08	6:46PM 1.38		7:29AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	14	18	21	13	19	20	15	20	21	15	12	18	14	19	18	14	14	20	16	20
Low °C	12	16	11	13	20	10	12	19	10	17	20	9	11	18	13	17	17	14	14	20	15	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	18	21	11	19	20	15	20	21	14	10	18	12	19	17	12	14	20	16	20
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	3.5 NW	0.5 WNW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	13	11	16	9	10	15	10	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	16	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 NW
Period (s)	6	15	15	14	13	18	16	10	16	15	16	14	15	10	10	13	18	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	1.3 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	6	12	-	11	-	-	9	-	-	9	8	7	11	11	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Popotla Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	12	12	12	11	11	9
Energy	1163	528	522	604	435	391	862	704	520	693	543	963	686	1106	897	1638	1701	1224	1206	1190	940	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:21AM 1.04	9:05AM 1.18			7:54PM 1.97					9:54AM 1.45				8:18PM 1.65				10:13AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					12:13PM 0.64	2:30PM 0.93				2:27AM 0.14			1:24PM 0.75	2:01PM 0.82				3:09AM -0.10				2:42PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	17	15	14	13	13	12	14	13	15	21	12	15	10	9	16	15	21	22
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	9	17	15	13	13	12	12	14	12	14	21	12	14	10	9	16	14	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	8	12	12	12	16	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	12	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	16	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	11	-	8	8	-	-	11	-	9

	Tuesday 12
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Popotla Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	15	6	15	15
Energy	1134	612	547	1008	410	635	798	525	774	528	640	482	686	577	465	668	652	665	591	573	422	422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:16AM 1.55													8:01PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	9	15	11	13	11	15	14	17	14	14	19	14	17	19	19	14	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	8	15	11	13	11	15	14	17	14	13	19	14	17	19	19	14	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	11	15	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	16	16	10	6	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	15	11	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	6	5	5

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