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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7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	11	9	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	14	14
Energy(?)	291	1207	988	1358	1395	2033	1391	2224	1080	1509	1019	1070	723	471	307	116	169	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:18PM	2:55AM		5:50PM	3:52AM		6:39PM	3:49AM		7:51PM	4:36PM	6:31AM	7:43PM		6:37AM	7:57PM	8:13PM
Low Tide / height (m)	8:29AM	6:29PM	9:00PM	10:33AM	9:40AM	10:06PM	11:36AM		10:39PM	11:14AM		12:00AM	1:39PM	6:35PM	12:57AM	1:09PM		2:06AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	10	15	19	14	16	10	13	10	16	15	21	19	17	15	21	19
Low °C	14	11	8	9	19	11	10	10	10	6	15	14	18	18	14	12	21	18
Chill °C (?)	16	10	8	15	19	12	16	8	11	8	15	14	21	19	17	15	21	19
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	12	11	9	14	10	10	12	10	17	18	10	10	10	9	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	11	14	14	14	14	13	11	16	16	16	16	15	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	9	10	10	10	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	5

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	502	291	1001	1207	1186	1186	988	587	715	1358	876	1395	1082	1088	2033	1626	1756	1391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:43PM 2.09									5:46PM 1.43			2:35AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		8:07AM -0.96				9:02PM 1.07				9:01AM -0.13				8:05PM 1.09				10:07AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	11	11	10	9	8	8	9	15	10	19	9	10	11	9	13	16
Chill °C (?)	13	16	10	10	9	8	7	7	8	15	8	19	6	8	10	9	12	16
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	12	12	12	11	11	15	15	9	10	14	11	14	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	11	14	12	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	-	10	-	9	10	10	10	10

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