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

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Boca De Santo Tomas Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	8	9	7	6	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	5.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	21	19
Energy(?)	1731	1299	1139	1532	1450	1607	2716	3440	4592	3353	1505	3314	3472	1553	14292	8371	7400	6124	3075	1041	3018	3303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:57PM		12:03AM	9:37AM		12:30AM	10:18AM		1:00AM	11:01AM		1:28AM	11:45AM		2:06AM	12:40PM				5:52AM	7:00PM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34PM	3:36AM		4:50PM 3:00AM		4:15AM	5:25PM		5:02AM	5:02PM		5:57AM		7:06PM	7:08AM		9:13PM	11:20PM 10:45AM	12:44PM		12:19AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	10	-	-	15	5	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	13	10	14	14	11	10	11	12	13	17	14	12	10	10	13	12	13	14	13	11	12
Low °C	10	11	8	13	11	11	10	10	11	13	15	13	12	10	9	12	10	9	13	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	9	12	13	9	7	9	11	12	17	14	10	8	10	11	10	11	13	13	10	10
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	5.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.9 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	-	17	13	14	13	14	13	18	20	18	18	16	16	16	21	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-

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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	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Alisitos Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	3278	3068	1949	1731	1496	1299	1279	1279	1139	1121	1267	1532	1290	1450	1256	1027	1607	1173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:57PM 1.50			8:57AM 1.83					12:03AM 1.29			9:33AM 2.28					11:31PM 1.46	1:36AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		2:36AM 1.29					4:14PM -0.27			3:36AM 1.09					5:12PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	10	13	13	11	10	9	8	13	13	14	14	11	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	9	13	13	9	9	8	6	13	11	12	13	9	10	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	12	-	12	-

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