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

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	18	16	15	14	15	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	14	14	13	12	13	12
Energy(?)	571	585	569	540	651	1001	1106	784	1886	1704	1183	1420	1125	1074	604	208	276	239	225	144	70	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:12AM		3:52AM			7:18PM	4:42AM		8:07PM	7:38AM		10:24PM	8:26AM		11:01PM	9:19AM 7:02PM		11:38PM		3:47PM	3:33AM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02PM		7:40PM	12:04PM		9:30PM	12:39PM	11:05AM	10:59PM		3:24PM	2:19AM		4:06PM	3:26AM		4:45PM		10:41AM		8:13PM	10:50AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	20	13	12	10	9	15	9	11	10	9	11	9	8	12	10	8	10	9	11	12
Low °C	12	18	19	12	10	7	7	12	8	9	9	8	10	8	7	11	7	7	9	7	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	12	12	10	5	15	7	10	8	8	9	7	7	12	10	8	8	9	9	11
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	16	15	14	15	12	13	15	12	12	12	11	10	7	14	6	12	5	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	12	13	18	7	11	13	11	12	18	12	14	16	16	15	16	14	9	13	6	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 WNW	-	2.5 NNW	2.2 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	11	-	11	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Brookings/South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1032	571	585	585	577	577	569	545	536	540	667	651	787	1068	1001	1103	1059	1106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:12AM 1.84				6:37PM 1.24			3:47AM 1.75	4:06AM 1.72					8:38PM 1.37			6:43AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)			11:09AM 0.83			7:28PM 1.13						1:40PM 0.81			12:10AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	22	19	16	20	20	20	21	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	7	7
Chill °C (?)	13	11	22	19	16	20	20	20	21	12	12	12	9	10	7	7	4	3
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	7	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	5	12	13	13	6	18	7	7	7	16	11	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	7

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