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 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	14	14	7	8	10	10	13	16	14	14	14	16	12	13	11	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	283	212	231	361	358	339	693	1221	1391	2472	6824	7598	5249	2396	1141	1106	1350	2266	2097	3004	3569	4769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:22AM 1.84		3:05PM 1.10		4:18AM 1.78		7:59PM 1.09	5:21AM 1.77		9:08PM 1.39	7:54AM 2.37		10:53PM 1.97	9:24AM 2.87		11:38PM 2.11	9:35AM 2.94		11:31PM 2.24	10:27AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)	6:59PM 0.86		9:41AM 0.71	6:41PM 1.01	9:07PM 0.87	11:56AM 0.04		10:45PM 1.01		1:18PM -0.23	1:19AM 1.20		3:55PM -0.24	3:19AM 1.25		4:47PM -0.37			5:10PM -0.49		4:28AM 1.32	5:32PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	16	13	10	14	12	11	15	13	15	14	14	15	24	19	15	15	16	12	18	20
Low °C	14	11	15	11	7	13	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	22	15	14	13	13	10	17	15
Chill °C (?)	15	13	16	12	8	12	10	8	15	12	14	12	13	15	24	19	15	15	16	11	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 WNW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	6	7	13	8	10	10	13	16	14	14	14	16	12	13	11	11	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	18	18	14	14	9	13	15	14	10	18	-	-	16	15	15	15	16	16	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 25				Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wed
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	16	15	14	14	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	513	512	502	531	212	209	203	216	213	245	543	517	358	348	349	406	611	843	1013	1179	1274	1127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 1.18				3:24AM 1.71					6:08PM 1.25				6:13AM 2.68					7:47PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			6:33PM 0.85						11:10AM 0.19				11:28PM 1.06					1:04PM 0.56			11:53PM 1.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	18	12	12	11	14	16	16	12	12	8	8	7	10	13	11	13	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	18	12	11	10	14	16	16	10	11	6	6	5	8	12	10	12	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	14	18	18	17	16	16	16	10	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	6	6	2	2	2	2	-	-	7	-	-	-

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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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	607	524	845	405	290	283	283	230	325	325	281	285	350	346	349	348	406	359	349	313	309	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						3:29PM 0.97													4:51AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)													10:34PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	20	16	15	15	14	14	14	11	11	6	7	7	7	7	9	10	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	20	16	15	15	14	14	14	9	10	4	5	5	5	5	7	8	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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