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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jordan River Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	2	3	4	5	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	2.2 S	1.3 W	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	12	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	6	8	7	8	9
Energy(?)	2069	1492	1328	409	665	1048	3905	6815	7059	6009	4552	2605	1376	1671	886	586	486	415	141	573	456	1546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 2.56		11:24PM 1.61	11:12AM 2.61		11:52PM 2.26	11:03AM 2.65		12:18AM 2.36	10:20AM 2.05		12:45AM 2.45	11:11AM 1.93	5:10PM 2.01	12:52AM 1.86	1:00PM 1.74		3:30AM 2.84		4:44PM 2.25	3:45AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		5:21PM -0.08		5:18AM 1.00	5:19PM 0.29		5:09AM 1.22	5:50PM 0.32		4:22AM 0.92	6:20PM 0.42		5:16AM 0.84			6:57AM 0.41	5:12PM 0.61	9:08PM 1.46	10:32AM 1.39		9:24PM 1.73	9:52AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	10	7	6	-	4	1	1	4	6	2	-	6	14	1	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	9	4	12	4	6	7	7	5	12	9	12	9	6	5	12	6	12	13	10	15
Low °C	9	9	8	4	12	2	4	6	5	4	11	7	12	6	5	5	10	5	9	11	8	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	9	-1	9	1	2	4	3	1	10	6	9	6	2	2	10	3	10	12	8	15
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 S	1.8 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	1.3 W	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	12	7	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	10	14	8	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.2 NW	0.1 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	11	9	11	13	13	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.7 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	3	-	7	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	6	6	7	6	9

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Fort. Ebey Washington	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	La Push Washington
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	13	12	8	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3702	3159	3370	2487	1870	1492	1268	1222	1328	1600	1195	1443	1076	795	1215	2454	736	1784	1957	2107	1875	3313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 1.99								11:26PM 2.16					2:21PM 2.12				2:30AM 2.43			12:32PM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)							4:47PM 0.31			2:56AM 1.10	4:27AM 1.35				5:01PM -0.05				6:57AM 2.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	-	7	2	5	5	1	13	-	-	6	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	2
Temp. °C	6	8	10	8	10	11	9	9	9	11	8	10	11	4	8	8	11	3	3	4	4	6
Chill °C (?)	4	6	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	11	8	8	9	2	5	5	9	3	1	1	1	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	6	12	8	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	6	12	7	6	16	15	6	13	-	-	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.8 SSE	-	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	6	-	13	12	8	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Fort. Ebey Washington	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	La Push Washington
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3709	3577	3438	3457	2924	2924	2686	2655	2658	1735	2301	2069	2216	1002	1830	1807	456	803	791	789	680	1267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 1.88										9:38AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)						3:45AM 1.47															6:53PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	11	6	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	9	15	5	9	9	15	6	5	4	4	6
Chill °C (?)	3	8	9	4	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	7	13	2	6	6	14	6	4	2	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.1 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	6	13	14	6	6	7	7	7	13	7	7	13	14	7	7	16	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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