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

	Sun		Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	15	13	16	9	9	14	14	16	12	15	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1059	524	1068	2181	1580	1004	577	555	576	1478	916	2560	1538	1965	1891	2821	4210	1420	2073	2125	1271	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:40AM 2.08	3:14PM 2.50		5:45AM 2.09	4:25PM 2.26		5:38AM 1.49	3:43PM 1.33		6:15AM 1.48	5:16PM 1.61		6:31AM 1.91	6:28PM 1.56		5:32AM 1.91	5:57PM 1.58		9:51AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)	5:53PM 0.32	9:34PM -0.34	9:29AM 1.23		10:35PM -0.15	10:51AM 1.22		9:44PM 0.00	11:20AM 0.87		10:45PM 0.11	11:57AM 0.67		11:42PM 0.60	12:53PM 0.87		12:23AM 0.73	12:03PM 0.64		11:32PM 0.76		4:17PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	29	6	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	27	25	23	22	9	12	28	18	16	11	13	11	9	10	11	17	16	14	16	16
Low °C	16	21	25	23	22	21	9	11	26	17	13	10	10	11	9	10	10	15	14	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	17	22	27	25	23	22	7	11	28	17	14	10	11	9	6	10	10	17	15	13	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	4:54	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	15	13	16	9	9	14	14	16	12	15	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.2 W	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	11	15	13	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.6 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	6	-	8	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1000	1059	1259	1557	1483	1432	1445	1068	1556	1302	1507	1094	1580	1482	1354	1153	1004	1201	1144	1115	1727	1665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:14PM 2.72					4:40AM 2.08			1:13PM 1.67					4:27AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				9:34PM -0.34				7:37AM 1.10				8:37PM -0.12				9:06AM 1.34				8:37PM 0.55	11:51PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	14	14	13	14	25	26	26	21	21	23	22	23	24	23	21	20	19	9	9
Chill °C (?)	19	17	16	14	14	13	14	25	26	26	21	21	23	22	23	24	23	21	20	19	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	12	12	11	11	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	4

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	17	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1020	516	520	687	857	1059	1168	369	441	335	365	317	453	526	526	526	787	723	719	712	2396	1851
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					2:14PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)										7:31PM -0.24								3:52AM 1.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	18	18	17	16	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	19	19	10	11
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	18	18	17	16	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	19	19	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	12	17	17	16	16	12	12	12	16	15	15	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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