California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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California Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	10	14	15	6	9	12	14	10	14	8	9	14	10	9	15	13	6	8	8	13	13
Energy(?)	443	689	457	389	575	924	274	419	2010	475	1560	1887	389	362	511	366	284	172	379	506	4980	3919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:57AM 0.48					10:37PM 1.80			1:44AM 2.88		2:14PM 1.30	10:44PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		3:38PM 0.06						3:26PM 0.20			3:18PM 0.67			4:30PM 0.27		8:15AM -0.40	5:02PM 0.38			6:45PM 0.63		7:24AM -0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	14	15	1
High °C	18	17	13	29	16	7	11	27	7	27	11	16	26	17	11	12	25	12	10	12	11	11
Low °C	17	15	10	28	15	6	10	26	6	25	10	15	23	16	8	9	24	10	9	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	16	11	29	15	3	11	27	4	27	8	14	26	16	9	11	25	11	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:44	-	-	6:40	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	10	15	16	9	7	14	10	14	14	13	14	13	16	9	13	6	8	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	6	5	13	7	12	19	14	18	18	17	10	16	11	15	9	8	12	14	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	-	0.6 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.9 S	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	6	8	9	6	10	9	-	6	2	-	-	6	-

	Monday 13						Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	13	16	8	9	8	9	9	7	15	15	7	7	9	7	9	9	10	15	8
Energy(?)	1009	666	450	514	465	1031	1061	892	1029	902	301	389	384	600	673	1078	553	840	601	680	234	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 1.26								8:13AM 0.48				9:18PM 1.44								9:42PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)								2:54AM 0.37												4:13PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	18	18	28	8	10	10	12	16	19	27	26	12	11	6	11	6	17	11	16	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	18	18	28	6	8	9	11	15	19	27	26	11	10	4	11	6	16	11	16	11
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	14	11	13	9	9	8	9	9	7	15	15	13	7	9	7	9	14	14	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	18	13	16	14	14	14	14	16	13	10	10	16	13	7	14	7	10	12	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	-	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	4	8	9	8	9	9	7	5	5	7	7	-	7	-	9	10	-	8

	Monday 13																		Tuesday 14
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	14	13	9	9	9	9	10	14	16	16	6	6	8	6	8	11	8	14	9
Energy(?)	1075	710	432	432	405	633	628	533	574	697	166	415	415	518	537	392	565	314	562	729	353	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)																		10:53PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:39AM 0.29	2:51AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	17	17	31	13	15	15	17	15	18	30	28	14	12	9	11	8	17	8	15	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	17	17	31	12	14	14	16	13	17	30	28	12	10	8	9	6	16	7	15	10
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	13	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	14	14	8	14	8	11	14	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	18	18	17	15	14	14	14	18	18	16	16	18	18	14	18	14	13	18	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	-	0.6 NNW	1.8 NW	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	5	5	4	6	6	-	6	-	4	8	-	6

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