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

	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	14	10	14	13	10	8	15	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1391	1634	3434	3951	3002	1418	961	832	111	255	1417	1293	1200	1364	1486	1013	913	1049	924	534	543	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:57AM 2.30	4:09PM 1.99		4:44AM 2.41	5:28PM 1.81			5:05PM 1.31		4:39AM 2.04	6:42PM 0.93		5:47AM 0.92		8:44PM 1.23	8:40AM 2.93		7:29PM 1.54	6:20AM 2.51		7:50PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25PM 0.11	10:48AM 1.06		9:47PM 0.77	11:11AM 1.19		10:36PM 0.50	10:56AM 0.81		10:07PM 0.51	12:06PM 0.54		11:00PM 0.64		1:56PM -0.08	1:09AM 0.91		4:05PM -0.29	11:51PM 1.06		4:56PM -0.47	12:17AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	16	14	12	12	17	17	10	7	6	10	10	8	11	7	7	11	11	8	15	12	13
Low °C	7	15	13	11	10	15	14	8	6	5	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	7	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	16	13	12	11	16	17	10	6	4	9	9	6	11	6	5	11	11	7	15	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	0.7 W	0.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	10	12	11	14	10	14	13	10	8	8	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	15	12	12	15	12	14	14	15	13	13	13	16	-	14	15	14	21	20	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Thu		Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	9	10	10	13	13	9	13
Energy(?)	3330	1891	1391	2119	3506	1010	1941	1462	5858	4948	5768	2574	1792	1431	1927	1630	1508	1168	1016	1053	558	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					4:07AM 2.32							3:46AM 1.40					5:28PM 1.81			3:00AM 1.94	6:17AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)		9:57PM 0.19								8:36PM 0.20					10:53AM 0.63							9:34AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	14	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	8	7	6	8	8	14	11	11	12	11	10	12	12	12	7	7	15	16	6	18
Chill °C (?)	6	5	7	3	2	8	6	13	11	11	11	9	8	11	11	11	6	6	14	15	4	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	9	10	10	13	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	14	10	12	15	12	12	14	12	12	12	15	15	8	8	7	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	7	7	-	3

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	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9
Energy(?)	2840	6280	2914	1447	1714	1891	1841	863	2608	2107	2002	2733	2668	2721	4619	4619	1010	1010	423	536	919	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	glass	on	on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											2:41AM 1.64	3:09AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)						9:57PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	4	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	10	8	8	9	9	7	9	15	13	14	15	13	13	14	12	12	7	8	21	21	7	24
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	9	9	6	8	21	21	4	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.8 W	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	12	12	12	11	12	11	16	13	16	12	13	13	12	16	16	10	10	12	14	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	3	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	5	4

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

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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