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
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating	3	3	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.1 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	10	9	7	8	9	8	8	9	11	10	10	12	10	11	10
Energy(?)	444	666	838	2360	844	371	1048	212	723	559	1494	1155	1857	1124	2233	2068	1051	725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:31AM	1:10PM		1:29AM	1:40PM	3:44PM	2:09AM		4:43PM 1:04AM	12:17AM		5:50PM	2:35AM		6:57PM	3:15AM		7:01PM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:31AM	4:31PM		6:42AM		8:16PM	9:40AM			8:17AM	7:48PM	8:05PM	10:04AM 6:31AM		9:20PM	11:03AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	10	15	14	20	13	14	23	12	13	10	12	15	11	14	14	17
Low °C	13	10	10	14	11	20	11	14	20	8	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	16
Chill °C (?)	14	10	9	13	13	20	12	14	23	10	13	7	10	15	9	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	9	16	8	9	15	15	9	11	10	14	12	10	17	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	15	18	16	16	12	16	15	11	12	15	14	14	11	14	16	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	-	-	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	-	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	-	-	10	9	7	8	-	8	8	9	11	10	10	12	10	11	10

	Thu	Friday 26	Saturday 27
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	7	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	243	345	444	606	620	666	820	838	820	1569	2360	1000	1034	844	313	371	620	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								2:54PM 2.22		10:54PM 1.69						2:01PM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)	6:15PM 0.69				5:54AM 0.35	8:06AM 0.35			7:43PM 1.55				7:12AM -0.16			4:55PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	11	13	11	10	10	9	17	14	9	10	14	10	20	17	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	10	13	10	10	8	7	16	14	7	10	13	10	20	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.3 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.5 SW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	18	6	9	6	9	9	9	9	16	9	8	9	9	8	16	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	13	15	18	15	18	18	18	12	16	16	16	16	14	12	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	9	10	8	9	9	-	7	8	8

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