Surfing in California
14 surf spots on the West Coast — every one forecast by our own physics-based, buoy-verified wave model.
Northern California
- Ocean Beach (San Francisco) ideal 3–12 ft SF's raw open-ocean beachbreak - shifty, powerful, unforgiving.
- Mavericks (Half Moon Bay) ideal 8–30 ft The world-famous big-wave reef - only breaks when it's huge.
Central California
- Steamer Lane (Santa Cruz) ideal 3–15 ft Santa Cruz's iconic cliffside right point - handles serious size.
- Pleasure Point (Santa Cruz) ideal 2–10 ft Long lined-up rights on the east side - Santa Cruz's everyday wave.
- Pismo Beach Pier ideal 2–8 ft Consistent Central Coast pier peaks, friendly most days.
Southern California
- Rincon ideal 3–12 ft The Queen of the Coast - California's benchmark winter point.
- C Street (Ventura) ideal 2–10 ft Ventura's long right point rows - winter W swell machine.
- Malibu (First Point) ideal 2–8 ft The original perfect wave - summer S swell walls at First Point.
- El Porto (Manhattan Beach) ideal 2–8 ft LA's most-surfed stretch - hollow dawn-patrol beachbreak.
- Huntington Beach Pier ideal 2–10 ft Surf City USA - contest-grade pier peaks that take any swell.
- Lower Trestles ideal 2–10 ft World-tour cobblestone A-frame at San Onofre.
- San Onofre (Old Man's) ideal 1–6 ft Mellow rolling longboard walls - California's friendliest lineup.
San Diego
- Swami's (Encinitas) ideal 2–12 ft North County's classic reef point below the golden lotus domes.
- Ocean Beach (San Diego) ideal 2–8 ft San Diego's pier-split beachbreak, steps from the surf shops.
Forecasts come from TrueSwell's own wave model — exposure, refraction and breaking computed for every swell train at every spot, verified daily against NOAA buoys. All states →