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

	Fri	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	17	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	12	14	14	14	12	12	12	6	18	19	20
Energy	1594	603	669	781	840	1257	1405	1363	1205	598	539	659	663	490	432	415	490	1101	279	360	428	771
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:12PM 0.85	12:29PM 1.56		12:08AM 1.51		2:01PM 1.24	10:55PM 2.04		3:04PM 2.08	12:05AM 1.99		4:12PM 1.87	2:57AM 2.16		5:06PM 2.66	2:52AM 2.33		5:53PM 1.98	4:21AM 1.94		6:48PM 2.02	4:57AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		5:46AM 0.27	4:56PM 1.18		7:06AM -0.21	6:40PM 0.94		8:13AM 0.35	7:46PM 1.54		9:37AM -0.16		9:09PM 1.10	10:21AM -0.04		9:11PM 1.67	11:09AM 0.00		10:41PM 1.17	11:41AM 0.16		11:36PM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	16	13	15	12	12	14	17	17	15	10	11	18	11	20	21	17	27	29	17
Low °C	10	11	13	13	12	13	11	11	13	17	17	15	10	10	18	10	14	19	16	26	28	16
Chill °C (?)	9	12	12	16	12	14	11	12	13	16	16	14	10	10	18	9	20	21	16	27	29	16
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:55	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	7	9	8	8	15	14	14	14	16	14	12	14	11	14	12	12	14	14	18	19	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	9	11	17	16	8	8	15	16	16	15	15	11	14	14	14	14	18	13	15	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	1.5 NW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	-	-	11	5	5	12	6	5	5	7

	Fri		Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	13	8	9	8	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	998	633	1070	1336	1041	954	381	689	684	525	841	1005	1052	1091	1479	1112	1382	1061	1466	1340	1400	1199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 2.11					11:46AM 1.50			11:00PM 2.09	1:16AM 2.37					2:18PM 2.13			1:43AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)					6:29AM -0.20				6:35PM 1.38					8:26AM -0.32			7:56PM 0.96					8:31AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	13	10	12	13	15	12	11	13	11	14	14	21	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	10	12	12	14	12	11	12	11	14	14	21	14	12	13	10	10	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	9	8	7	18	12	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	0.1 SW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	8	11	11	16	18	16	16	16	18	8	7	8	8	8	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	-	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	8	7	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW
Period(s)	12	9	9	8	8	8	13	12	12	9	12	8	12	8	8	12	9	9	12	8	8	8
Energy	579	704	704	799	872	855	748	685	685	688	613	483	617	516	364	608	707	603	545	664	684	774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																					1:34PM 2.18	2:02PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)															7:59AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	11	12	11	12	10	10	13	10	11	9	9	15	12	12	13	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	10	12	10	10	10	10	12	8	11	7	9	15	12	11	12	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	7	7	9	12	8	12	8	8	7	9	7	12	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	11	12	12	9	9	21	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	1.4 NNW	1.7 NW	-	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	12	9	9	8	8	8	13	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	7	8	-	8

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