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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.8 SSE	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	2.5 NNW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	18	12	16	15	16	15	7	9	11	11	11	11	18	18	9	8	17	17	9
Energy(?)	295	435	274	204	155	281	196	239	268	778	1100	2257	1767	1769	1469	970	876	446	972	673	481	1242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 1.51	9:02AM 1.40		10:26PM 1.45	10:44AM 1.57		12:15AM 2.11	10:48AM 1.83		8:20PM 1.68	1:41PM 2.13		8:38PM 1.71	9:18AM 1.44		12:28AM 1.66	9:46AM 1.33		9:12PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	3:41PM -0.04	4:01AM 0.42		4:22PM -0.01	4:07AM 0.21		4:13PM 0.08			4:41PM 0.70	2:40AM 0.25	7:28AM 0.04	2:33PM 0.48	3:07AM 0.22		6:54PM 0.57			3:02PM 0.64	4:01AM 0.28	7:28AM 0.43	3:13PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	9	20	27	10	26	16	18	18	8	7	9	11	11	11	26	16	17	11	18	17	11
Low °C	25	8	18	27	9	24	15	17	17	7	5	9	10	9	6	26	15	13	11	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	25	6	20	27	9	26	16	18	18	4	4	6	8	9	9	26	14	17	9	18	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	7:27	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	0.4 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	6	9	8	16	8	16	15	7	9	11	12	11	11	18	18	9	19	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	8	18	10	9	15	9	9	10	10	13	15	15	12	10	12	19	14	17	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NW	0.7 W	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.8 SSE	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	8	4	-	4	-	4	8	7	-	-	11	-	-	6	7	-	8	-	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 S	1.8 NW	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	7	13	8	8	8	18	8	16	16	16	9	10	16	16	16	14	16
Energy(?)	344	484	550	515	202	501	206	524	249	210	257	554	334	335	293	301	221	327	322	325	244	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:16PM 1.54				10:55AM 2.00			7:47PM 1.56				7:46AM 1.60	10:55AM 1.60				8:03PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		3:45PM -0.09				4:00AM 0.45				3:39PM 0.44			1:46AM 0.43									2:14AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	13	18	13	19	13	17	10	18	18	24	5	24	24	24	10	12	28	24	24	12	23
Chill °C (?)	21	12	18	12	19	12	17	10	18	18	24	3	24	24	24	10	10	28	24	24	12	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 S	1.8 NW	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	13	9	8	9	8	8	8	12	8	18	8	16	16	16	9	10	16	16	16	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.8 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	13	9	15	4	8	12	9	9	9	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	-	7	6	-	8	-	4	6	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	5	-	5

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	12	7	12	12	12	13	8	10	16	16	12	15
Energy(?)	353	489	474	387	295	397	295	416	377	377	130	395	130	131	146	237	493	124	147	109	187	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)															1:18AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	23	17	25	15	23	9	21	20	23	6	24	24	23	9	14	22	23	23	18	25
Chill °C (?)	22	14	23	16	25	14	23	6	21	20	23	3	24	24	23	6	14	22	23	23	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 S	1.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	9	13	12	13	12	12	9	9	10	7	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	4	6	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	13	12	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	9	9	9	9	6	-	-	4	-	4	4	4	7	8	4	4	-	-	-

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