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

	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	10	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10
Energy(?)	299	672	585	909	1230	926	408	1048	361	574	1119	2033	1662	2387	1124	2334	2033	1440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:03AM	1:08AM	12:55PM		10:58PM	1:40PM		2:07AM		4:43PM	2:54AM	10:24PM		1:11AM		5:35PM
Low Tide / height (m)	3:47PM		6:11AM	4:29PM		6:42AM 4:11PM	4:44PM	8:11PM	9:37AM 7:07PM		9:02PM	8:43AM			10:07AM		11:44PM	11:13AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	11	10	17	14	20	13	17	11	10	13	19	12	15	11	16	13
Low °C	10	13	10	10	16	10	20	11	13	11	8	9	18	9	10	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	7	14	11	8	16	13	20	12	16	9	8	13	19	10	15	9	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07
Sunset	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	8	7	9	9	8	9	16	8	15	10	12	10	14	10	14	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	15	18	16	16	12	16	13	12	15	15	11	14	11	14	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	2.4 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	5	8	-	-	9	9	7	8	8	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	-

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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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	6	7	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7
Energy(?)	264	299	331	529	672	588	620	585	552	909	898	1473	1230	1495	1101	926	234	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 1.51	2:12PM 2.31		10:30PM 2.14						2:54PM 2.22		10:54PM 1.69						2:01PM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)							5:54AM 0.35	8:06AM 0.36			7:39PM 0.91				7:12AM -0.16			4:55PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	10	14	14	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	17	16	14	10	14	9	20
Chill °C (?)	14	8	12	14	13	13	13	11	10	8	9	17	16	14	10	13	6	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.5 SW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	8	14	6	7	6	6	9	9	9	9	16	8	9	9	9	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S
Period (s)	19	9	18	13	13	18	18	15	18	18	18	12	16	16	16	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 S	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	6	5	6	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	7

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