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

	Fri		Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 31			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Frankport Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	1	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 W	1.3 W	2.3 W	1.7 WNW	4.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SSW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	10	12	16	16	10	10	10	9	9	12	13	11	11	10	9	15	8	8	14
Energy(?)	6457	3708	1072	1000	1154	291	277	667	527	307	899	528	5831	2151	1338	771	640	302	125	503	337	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:52AM	10:38PM	11:02AM		11:10PM	12:01PM		11:57PM		2:23PM	12:26AM	1:33PM 10:05PM		1:14AM		3:49PM	2:06AM		4:38AM	6:13PM	4:03AM
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05PM	4:55AM		4:47PM		5:46AM 4:21PM	5:32PM		8:40AM	7:50PM		7:02AM	6:09PM		8:09AM	7:46PM		9:01AM	10:34AM		1:32AM	10:41AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	-	-	4	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	10	11	10	11	9	12	12	14	17	10	11	9	10	12	14	9	11	15	10	15	17
Low °C	13	9	8	10	10	9	11	11	13	15	9	10	8	10	10	13	8	6	15	10	10	17
Chill °C (?)	11	8	11	9	9	6	12	12	14	17	8	11	8	8	10	12	6	10	15	7	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	7:24	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 W	1.3 W	2.3 W	1.7 WNW	4.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	10	12	10	16	10	10	10	9	9	12	13	11	15	10	8	15	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	18	18	18	16	16	20	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	12	15	15	16	14	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 W	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	10	9	8	8	8	7

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arnold CAL - Ventura
Rating	7	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	16
Energy(?)	8512	6457	5792	5986	3708	3207	1240	1072	1001	1000	1119	1379	1154	550	713	291	288	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	11:52AM 2.12			10:29PM 1.57					12:53PM 1.57			10:36PM 2.18					12:12PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		4:21PM 0.44				4:55AM 0.45									5:09AM 0.27			4:38PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	11	13	10	10	9	9	8	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	8	8	7	7	8	11	8	9	8	9	10	8	10	7	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	20	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NW	4.0 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	6	10

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