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 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	6	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	8	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	5700	1865	3075	1466	981	1217	1322	917	3312	1000	861	1028	687	1060	1077	877	879	2115	787	1196	1626	924
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 1.26		11:03PM 1.93	1:32PM 1.60		11:50PM 2.39			1:37AM 2.01		5:11PM 1.36	1:46AM 2.12		5:18PM 1.34	2:54AM 1.92		6:13PM 1.40	4:52AM 1.41		7:02PM 1.49		6:10AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		3:59PM 1.07		6:34AM -0.11	5:48PM 1.25		7:55AM -0.50	5:53PM 1.23		8:26AM 0.02			8:58AM 0.17		9:19PM 1.29	10:51AM 0.30		11:21PM 0.73	11:45AM 0.47		12:45AM 0.59	12:35PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	16	18	24	15	20	18	16	22	14	16	16	18	16	14	16	11	13	15	10	14
Low °C	12	20	12	18	24	15	16	17	10	21	12	13	14	18	15	12	16	9	11	15	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	20	16	18	24	14	20	18	15	22	14	16	16	18	16	14	16	11	12	15	10	14
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	0.3 SSW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	11	13	11	10	12	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	8	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	18	13	16	16	16	14	15	16	13	16	13	12	15	15	18	10	15	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	11	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17						Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	8	6	4	4	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	11	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	8	10
Energy	7591	5700	2214	1865	4911	6987	3075	3067	3006	1466	2022	981	1694	1184	1217	3261	1532	1322	991	917	1947	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:52PM 1.26			10:59PM 2.45	11:03PM 1.93				12:10PM 1.39				11:50PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	5:40AM -0.09			3:59PM 1.07					5:28AM -0.08				5:45PM 0.92				7:29AM -0.07				7:26PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	20	20	16	13	15	12	14	18	15	24	17	15	15	10	19	20	20	18	12	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	20	20	15	12	14	10	14	18	14	24	17	14	14	8	19	20	20	18	11	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:55	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.3 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.0 W	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	12	11	14	13	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	10	15	10	10	14	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	18	18	13	13	13	13	12	16	15	16	18	18	16	17	16	14	17	15	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	3.0 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	9	-	-	10	-	8	3

	Sunday 17																		Monday 18
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	8	6	4	4	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	5.0 NW	5.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12
Energy	3372	6359	7591	6102	5978	5700	5864	1314	2214	2213	1578	1865	1904	1677	4911	5069	5437	6358	10713	10288	3075	3510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		10:46PM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)	5:40AM -0.09										3:59PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	17	13	14	15	16	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	16	15	17	16	12	12	15	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	17	13	14	15	16	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	15	14	16	15	11	11	14	11
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	13	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	5.0 NW	5.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	-	-

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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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