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 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 S	2.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.9 W	1.3 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	8	14	13	12	12	18	12	15	11	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	14	8	9	7	11
Energy(?)	247	265	734	1411	1568	1056	576	1341	470	1788	624	698	540	1537	959	703	873	324	485	457	320	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	off	glass	cross- on	off	on	glass	cross	off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 1.59		9:16PM 1.85		3:45PM 1.89	1:39AM 2.43		5:16PM 1.85	4:09AM 2.38		6:09PM 1.76	4:58AM 2.17		6:58PM 2.13		5:07AM 1.52	7:38PM 1.89				8:29PM 1.43	5:30AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 0.86	4:29AM 0.10	9:17AM -0.51			9:58AM -0.37		10:28PM 0.86	11:23AM -0.36		11:06PM 1.04	11:48AM 0.36		11:57PM 1.57	12:31PM -0.14		1:45AM 0.68	11:22AM 0.45		2:07AM 0.56	11:59AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	5	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	11	12	12	26	16	11	10	12	12	16	10	10	15	13	11	13	14	17	27
Low °C	12	14	11	11	11	10	24	15	11	9	12	8	10	10	8	11	13	10	10	14	16	25
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	9	11	11	26	15	10	10	11	10	16	7	8	15	12	10	11	13	16	27
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 S	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.9 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	8	14	13	12	12	18	12	9	11	9	14	8	13	10	10	10	14	14	13	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	12	8	7	6	6	13	12	15	12	14	9	14	16	12	12	11	15	14	15	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	11	-	-	-	-	8	9	7	7

	Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	9	14	8	8	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	17
Energy(?)	511	510	304	203	260	278	640	567	1057	1153	1353	1260	1382	1455	1062	1469	1056	1025	518	713	784	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)						2:02PM 1.82				2:19AM 2.73				3:28PM 2.18			1:39AM 2.43	2:02AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		4:37AM 0.04		8:27AM -0.52			7:48PM 0.82	8:17PM 0.76				9:17AM -0.51							5:22AM 0.24	9:14AM 0.10		3:31PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	2	-	6	4	-
Temp. °C	17	17	22	13	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	24	11	11	28
Chill °C (?)	16	16	22	12	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	10	8	9	9	10	10	24	9	11	28
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	9	14	14	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	5	15	14	9	12	15	14	8	8	7	7	13	13	13	6	6	18	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	5	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	4	5	-	4

	Sunday 19
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	7	7	14	14	7	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	9	16
Energy(?)	577	540	311	93	88	247	204	141	182	171	159	203	195	226	255	294	276	211	310	403	481	305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																2:07PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)										8:34AM -0.57										6:44PM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	20	10	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	24	13	13	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	10	11	10	10	10	12	13	13	12	15	15	15	12	13	13	24	12	12	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	7	7	14	14	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	16	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	18	8	8	8	7	12	15	12	15	15	14	5	5	8	8	8	13	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	4	3	4	4

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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