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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	8	9	9	10	10	17	10	10	10	16	8	9	9	9
Energy	1195	1477	1193	1092	708	699	1212	302	824	1634	2669	1678	3353	1872	1604	1468	1376	535	1662	1740	708	1280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:35PM 1.61	12:36PM 1.43	2:03PM 1.30	11:09PM 2.09		2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61	1:29PM 1.42	2:11PM 1.40	1:03AM 1.59		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:18PM 1.17	1:37AM 1.34		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:16PM 1.29	4:01AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)		5:38AM 0.22	6:19PM 0.92		8:42AM -0.20	6:56PM 0.95		6:26AM 0.33	5:23PM 1.30		8:52AM -0.18	7:20PM 1.05		8:22AM 0.42			9:01AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.91	9:40AM 0.08		11:22PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	14	16	12	14	16	18	29	14	14	21	15	15	21	15	14	21	14	15	21	16
Low °C	13	16	13	15	10	14	15	16	27	11	13	21	10	14	19	12	14	19	11	10	19	10
Chill °C (?)	15	17	13	15	10	13	16	18	29	12	13	21	15	15	21	14	14	21	12	15	21	16
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	16	7	15	14	14	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	18	17	16	22	16	6	18	18	19	16	18	17	17	16	16	11	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	-	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	6	7	-	8	9	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	9

	Sun		Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Exiles CAL - LA County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	11	19	10	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	15
Energy	2342	3190	1195	3281	1021	1477	419	1193	1241	1693	1092	1449	1127	708	369	699	569	628	1212	1207	1218	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 1.69					11:51AM 1.46	2:03PM 1.30			11:09PM 2.09				1:14PM 1.41	2:45PM 1.29		10:20PM 1.63	11:31PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)					5:54AM -0.22				5:03PM 1.31				7:37AM -0.29	8:42AM -0.20							7:20AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	13	13	15	17	19	13	16	16	15	15	15	12	22	14	17	17	16	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	13	12	15	17	19	13	15	16	14	14	15	10	22	14	17	17	16	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	17	9	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	20	19	19	18	18	18	6	18	18	17	17	16	9	16	10	22	5	5	16	16	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	10	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	10	9	-	-	6	-	-	7	7	7	-

	Sunday 31						Monday 01
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Exiles CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	19	19	19	10	10	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy	1625	1196	2342	2328	2291	3190	3107	3058	1195	1181	1174	3281	3283	3276	1021	1008	1486	1477	1442	1371	419	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						10:21PM 1.69														12:36PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	5:44PM 1.01												5:38AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	14	13	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	14	13	16	17	17	13	13	13	12	12	13	15	17	17	17	17	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	20	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	16	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	11	11	10	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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