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.

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: California Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, California Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, California Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, California Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: California Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: California Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, California Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, California Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, California Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

California Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	12	11	10	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	11	13	12	14	14	14	14	16	16
Energy(?)	725	751	745	348	274	581	1605	3637	1414	738	573	463	522	814	1245	1466	2577	2866	4939	5268	4367	3065
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 1.52	7:59AM 2.49		9:19PM 1.50	12:14PM 2.85		10:53PM 1.52			11:41PM 1.40	11:43AM 1.80		3:31AM 1.34		2:37PM 1.61		9:20AM 2.67	3:56PM 2.08		5:20AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		2:32PM -0.13	1:35AM 0.92		4:54PM -0.19	1:48AM 0.94	6:18AM 1.02	4:13PM -0.08	3:04AM 1.12	7:28AM 1.07	5:00PM 0.09	3:56AM 1.06	5:43AM 0.90		8:32PM -0.27	9:12AM 1.05		9:24PM -0.13			10:09PM 0.58	11:17AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	20	15	13	12	12	12	12	14	16	12	16	14	12	16	15	14	16	20	18	17
Low °C	18	17	20	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	15	12	13	12	12	15	14	13	15	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	20	15	12	11	12	11	12	14	15	12	16	14	12	16	15	14	16	20	18	17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	4:42	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	12	8	8	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	11	13	12	14	14	14	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.3 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	1.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	7	11	10	17	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	18	20	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-

	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort. Ebey Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.1 W	1.6 NW	1.0 W	3.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	13	14	12	13	13	11	14	14	12	11	7	11	7	11	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1573	1296	1167	1019	526	652	530	634	539	573	721	583	275	541	620	506	567	661	3997	1543	1133	3107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:14AM 2.47				9:01PM 1.52				8:14AM 2.41							6:18AM 2.82		11:33AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50AM 0.87					2:02PM -0.16	5:47PM -0.63								6:00PM -0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	17	17	19	10	17	17	10	20	21	17	13	12	12	12	11	9	12	15	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	17	17	19	8	17	17	8	20	21	17	13	12	11	11	11	7	11	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	14	12	13	13	11	14	14	12	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	-	1.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	12	14	7	16	14	4	13	14	15	15	16	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Fort. Ebey Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	13	16	12	15	15	12	16	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1612	1612	1573	1388	768	892	460	1167	964	569	1119	1102	489	415	410	514	317	393	623	530	482	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50AM 0.87		2:14AM 1.13		4:34AM 0.94													5:47PM -0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	14	16	9	15	15	8	20	21	15	14	15	10	15	13	7	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	14	16	8	15	15	4	20	21	15	14	15	9	15	12	4	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	13	16	12	15	15	12	16	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	10	6	12	14	15	10	10	14	7	7	6	8	7	-	14	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of California where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None