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

	Wed	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Westport-The Corner Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	15	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	16	15	14	13	14	13	14	12	16	16	12	12
Energy	631	439	727	686	437	901	985	244	630	790	937	1267	1531	1145	716	586	539	639	519	340	525	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:41PM 1.71	11:50AM 1.25		11:55PM 2.20	12:37PM 1.23		11:16PM 1.70	12:37PM 1.59		11:07PM 1.54		2:27PM 1.13	12:37AM 1.76	1:35PM 1.39	3:19PM 0.87	12:06AM 1.51		3:39PM 1.19	1:26AM 1.55		4:44PM 1.46	1:11AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16AM -0.08	4:10PM 0.55		5:53AM -0.16	6:53PM 0.64		5:54AM 0.27	5:49PM 0.70		7:36AM -0.16	7:16PM 0.82		6:33AM 0.33			8:27AM -0.14	8:00PM 1.04		9:00AM -0.05	7:16PM 1.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	13	13	16	15	13	16	13	13	14	15	12	13	15	13	17	15	14	11	14	12
Low °C	10	12	12	12	12	15	12	13	12	12	12	14	11	12	15	12	17	15	12	10	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	16	11	11	16	14	12	16	12	13	14	14	11	12	14	12	16	14	12	10	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	10	13	13	9	13	9	9	8	8	9	15	14	13	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	12	13	12	11	11	17	16	9	18	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	-	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	9	8	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	15	15	8	14	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	12
Energy	1033	1027	645	1085	1024	587	732	437	1115	749	1492	1478	1070	880	496	895	682	1279	1093	1038	1298	709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:41PM 1.71					11:36AM 1.29			10:21PM 1.54	11:17PM 1.54			10:59AM 1.55	12:57PM 0.93				11:16PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)					5:16AM -0.08			4:05PM 1.00					6:07AM -0.20			4:42PM 0.69	5:17PM 0.61				5:45AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	12	13	14	19	12	12	11	10	11	16	15	18	13	11	11	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	10	12	12	13	19	12	12	11	10	10	15	14	18	13	10	10	8	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	8	8	7	13	9	13	13	8	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	7	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	8	9	9	9	10	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 NW
Period(s)	16	15	16	14	8	7	7	16	14	8	9	8	14	8	9	9	13	9	9	9	10	14
Energy	1023	993	379	1136	1018	611	722	360	813	612	871	1475	630	594	544	441	813	755	755	732	688	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			11:36AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)													5:31AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	9	12	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	8	12	11	13	15	15	15	15	22	18
Chill °C (?)	12	13	16	6	12	6	8	11	10	11	10	10	6	10	11	13	15	15	14	14	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	16	15	10	14	7	15	15	8	8	8	9	9	14	16	9	9	8	9	9	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	16	10	15	15	15	10	14	10	14	14	9	11	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	-	8	7	8	-	-	7	-	-	9	10	6

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