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

	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alisitos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	21	21	19	20	18	18	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1693	1006	890	314	365	216	299	638	657	705	592	222	233	218	627	634	504	522	522	522	266	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:41PM		5:45AM	4:50PM		7:00AM	6:54PM 5:36AM		6:29AM	6:37PM		8:32AM			7:16AM	2:49PM	7:06PM	1:58AM		2:13PM	2:17AM
Low Tide / height (m)			10:02PM	11:41AM		11:59PM		1:30PM	12:47AM		1:02PM	11:53PM 9:18AM	10:54AM	2:52PM	11:43PM		2:16PM	12:08AM		9:06AM	7:09PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	3	14	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	-
High °C	15	12	11	16	11	12	12	11	11	14	16	18	17	15	15	13	16	11	20	14	14	18
Low °C	14	12	8	14	9	11	10	10	11	14	16	17	15	15	15	11	14	10	19	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	15	10	9	16	10	12	10	8	11	14	16	18	17	15	15	12	16	10	20	14	14	18
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	21	21	19	20	18	18	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	2.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 S	1.0 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	9	14	9	10	11	9	7	13	13	12	12	12	8	7	7	16	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	6	6

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Frankport Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
Energy(?)	1077	640	649	1693	1203	1006	1314	1363	890	649	586	314	553	365	235	235	216	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 1.38				4:06PM 1.69				5:33AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)					10:30AM 1.40				11:09PM 0.70				12:15PM 1.00				11:00PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	1	2	4	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	13	14	14	12	11	9	10	14	14	14	11	11	16	12	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	14	13	10	9	7	8	14	14	14	11	10	16	12	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	2.0 SSW	0.8 WNW	2.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	14	9	9	15	9	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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