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 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 NNW	0.6 SW	2.3 NW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	18	18	18	16	16	8	16	8	8	11	10	10	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	599	297	221	370	273	278	339	604	203	694	1064	806	1047	1578	1175	1102	1254	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM	1:09AM		3:40PM 2:32PM	1:05AM		5:00PM	1:46AM		4:46PM	2:54AM	10:54PM	6:45PM	4:01AM 12:23AM		6:41PM		5:18AM
Low Tide / height (m)	7:06PM		8:01AM	7:31PM		8:57AM			8:43AM	7:54PM	10:24PM	9:45AM		11:43PM	10:44AM		12:11AM	12:18PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	19	17	13	17	20	10	17	12	11	14	12	11	19	17	14	15
Low °C	19	17	16	17	12	14	19	10	16	12	10	11	12	10	15	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	20	17	19	16	13	17	20	8	17	10	9	14	11	10	19	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00
Sunset	8:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	11	11	18	18	16	16	16	16	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	18	12	11	11	12	11	5	16	16	15	15	11	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 W	-	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	2.2 NNW	-	2.3 NW	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	-	3	-	5	10	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

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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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	19	11	11	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	548	599	308	214	297	286	322	221	304	370	276	316	273	273	309	278	271	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:55PM 1.36			12:17AM 2.20				1:40PM 1.41				1:08AM 1.58					4:52PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			6:12PM 1.29								7:31PM 1.01				7:30AM -0.11	8:29AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	19	17	13	17	17	16	19	17	17	13	16	13	12	16	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	14	19	17	13	17	17	16	19	16	16	13	16	13	12	16	17	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	19	18	12	12	11	12	11	10	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	3	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	10

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