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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Latigo Point CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	2.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	14	9	8	16	6	12	9	10	15	17	8	9	14	10	14	9	14	14	9
Energy(?)	970	1634	878	443	808	640	226	567	263	275	1112	219	616	1398	789	389	1393	433	294	285	259	1285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:26PM 1.32	8:29AM 1.40		9:46PM 1.54						10:51PM 1.51				11:37AM 1.27		10:37PM 1.80	12:04PM 1.17		11:33PM 1.77	12:03PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46AM 0.61			3:43AM 0.45		2:52PM 0.11									4:24PM 0.39		5:38AM -0.29	6:12PM 0.66		5:36AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5
High °C	9	14	11	18	15	12	18	15	10	10	10	13	17	14	14	26	17	17	15	17	10	8
Low °C	6	13	7	17	15	8	15	15	8	9	8	11	16	13	11	24	17	16	11	16	9	7
Chill °C (?)	7	13	9	18	14	9	18	14	10	9	7	11	16	12	12	26	16	16	15	17	8	5
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	2.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	14	14	14	16	16	8	9	10	15	17	14	9	14	10	14	9	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	18	18	18	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	18	17	10	13	6	15	9	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	3.0 NW	-	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.0 WNW	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	6	-	-	-	5	8	8	-	6	10	6	-	8	-	7

	Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Latigo Point CAL - LA County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	8	8	16
Energy(?)	565	526	1500	1643	1085	859	1243	1108	1260	1011	1009	666	469	514	511	573	1249	1061	1034	800	421	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	low	-	high	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:39AM 1.37					8:51PM 1.21				8:47AM 1.26				9:09PM 1.29				9:19AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)						2:33PM 0.16												2:41AM 0.38				2:01PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	9	12	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	10	11	10	11	11	16	18
Chill °C (?)	25	24	7	10	8	10	11	12	11	10	10	11	18	18	17	8	10	9	10	10	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	11	14	9	9	9	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	18	11	13	18	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	3	9	9	9	9	8	8	6

	Sunday 12
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Latigo Point CAL - LA County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	8	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	15
Energy(?)	557	565	1120	1650	1391	1991	878	1201	1263	1293	667	2098	533	499	499	2710	1150	1150	1164	1591	1288	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								6:37AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)			1:53AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	4	1	-	1	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	9	10	9	9	11	11	12	12	15	11	18	18	18	14	14	14	14	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	25	25	6	6	7	6	11	9	11	11	14	10	18	18	18	12	13	13	13	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.7 SW	2.3 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	9	8	9	9	10	8	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	15	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	13	10	10	15	14	14	14	11	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	4

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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