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

	Sat	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	5	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	4.0 NW	5.0 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	9	14	11	12	12	12	10	10	19	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	11
Energy(?)	5115	3520	3272	845	1622	937	1250	976	766	1368	1267	3672	8498	12158	9882	7513	4820	3412	2185	1616	1424	1895
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:45PM 1.26	10:07AM 2.02		12:28AM 1.30	11:00AM 2.30		1:15AM 2.15	12:52PM 1.29		1:28AM 1.32	12:20PM 1.45	2:39PM 2.26	3:54AM 2.31		2:27PM 1.41	12:52AM 1.67		3:26PM 1.59		4:46AM 2.44	5:38PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 0.81	5:36PM -0.47		5:01AM 1.15	6:48PM -0.32		7:48AM 0.48	6:39PM -0.22		6:43AM 0.68		9:15PM 0.02	9:54AM 0.76			9:40AM 0.59		9:58PM 0.95	11:37AM 1.04		10:43PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	16	9	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
High °C	13	12	13	8	18	10	10	16	16	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	20	11	10
Low °C	11	11	12	7	18	9	9	15	16	9	8	9	9	10	9	7	6	8	7	18	11	8
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	6	18	8	9	15	15	8	9	7	8	10	6	6	8	9	6	20	9	8
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	4.0 NW	5.0 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	9	14	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	1.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	20	16	11	16	7	7	16	14	23	21	19	13	13	-	13	14	14	14	12	21	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 04								Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Marina CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	12	12	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	14	12	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1139	1442	2209	2602	4040	4684	3501	1969	2568	1387	1332	1211	1109	1017	1160	1233	1072	1005	1029	1126	1099	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:45PM 1.26				10:31AM 2.77				12:02AM 1.24	1:52AM 2.23			11:44AM 1.98					2:03AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51PM -0.53				4:03AM 1.17				5:16PM -0.49					7:08AM 0.89			6:14PM -0.36					7:12AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	13	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	10	18	14	12	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	11	12	11	10	12	10	11	12	12	12	6	8	7	8	18	13	11	9	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 W	1.5 S	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	14	12	7	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	0.3 SW	1.3 W	0.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.2 S	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	12	16	15	16	9	7	16	16	8	18	9	8	8	7	15	15	11	15	15	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 03							Sunday 04
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Marina CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	14	14	13	11	11	11	13	10	14	13	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	785	1122	1139	1052	1549	3735	4176	3245	1993	1993	2377	1208	1205	1207	5639	261	5151	3969	2468	2035	2158	2055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				11:23AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51PM -0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	11	18	13	12	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	9	18	10	11	8	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	16	11	16	14	14	13	11	11	11	13	10	14	13	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	0.7 NW	0.3 NW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	9	9	16	14	14	11	10	14	16	9	10	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.9 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.7 S	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	-	0.4 NW	1.2 S	-	-	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	8	10	11	11	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	3	5	-	-	9	9	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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

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