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CALWIRE Surf Report (Monday, July 27, 2026)
By Cal Wire Weather Desk
Del Norte Coast — 3.6 ft (19s period · wind 4kt @ 40°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Crescent City Harbor: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Pelican Bay: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
Humboldt Coast — 3.6 ft (19s period · wind 8kt @ 360° · 59°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Trinidad: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, long-period groundswell
  • Moonstone County Park: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, long-period groundswell
  • Samoa Beach: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, long-period groundswell
Mendocino Coast — 4.9 ft (19s period · wind 17kt @ 330° · 61°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Fort Bragg / MacKerricher: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Point Arena: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
Sonoma / Marin Coast — 5.6 ft (6s period · wind 19kt @ 310°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Bodega Head: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Salmon Creek: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Bolinas: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
San Francisco — 4.9 ft (19s period · wind 21kt @ 310° · 57°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Ocean Beach: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Pacifica / Linda Mar: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
Half Moon Bay / Santa Cruz — 4.6 ft (7s period · wind 14kt @ 310° · 60°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Mavericks: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Steamer Lane: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Pleasure Point: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
Monterey Bay — 4.9 ft (6s period · wind 19kt @ 330° · 62°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Moss Landing: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Asilomar: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Sand City: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
Central Coast — 8.2 ft (7s period · wind 21kt @ 320° · 55°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Morro Bay: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Pismo Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Cayucos: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
Santa Barbara / Ventura — 4.6 ft (8s period · wind 6kt @ 40° · 66°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Rincon: GOOD — handles size well — head high, clean, offshore wind, mid-period swell
  • Ventura Overhead / C Street: GOOD — head high, clean, offshore wind, mid-period swell
  • Santa Barbara Harbor: GOOD — head high, clean, offshore wind, mid-period swell
Los Angeles — 3.6 ft (17s period · wind 4kt @ 120° · 71°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Malibu / Surfrider: GOOD — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Manhattan Beach / El Porto: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Venice Breakwater: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
Orange County — 6.6 ft (19s period · wind 2kt @ 220° · 73°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Huntington Beach Pier: GOOD — overhead, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Newport / The Wedge: GOOD — overhead, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Trestles / San Clemente: GOOD — handles size well — overhead, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
San Diego — 4.6 ft (18s period · 73°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Oceanside Pier: FAIR — head high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Blacks Beach: FAIR — head high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Swami's: FAIR — handles size well — head high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Windansea: FAIR — handles size well — head high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Sunset Cliffs: FAIR — head high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Imperial Beach: FAIR — head high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
Sources: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (wave/wind/water temp) + NOAA Tides & Currents (tide predictions), live readings, plus NWS marine zone Today/Tonight forecast periods where available. Conditions calls are a plain rule-based read of these numbers, not per-break forecasts — see the site notes for why (buoys are far sparser than named breaks along this coast). NWS forecast text covers "Today"/"Tonight" trend periods, not hour-by-hour data.
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