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

Wed

Thu

Fri

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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.5 NNW	0.7 S	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	7	11	18	18	16	16	10	12	14	14	14	11	13	14	8	13	7	8	9	18
Energy(?)	150	2736	578	1274	969	833	1261	1401	453	650	834	590	555	817	471	184	428	300	476	335	1261	920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:42AM 2.67	1:39PM 2.32		11:55PM 1.49			2:26AM 2.37	1:25PM 1.39	2:13PM 1.48	11:20PM 1.87	1:44PM 1.19	3:59PM 1.08	1:17AM 1.88			9:58PM 1.48			11:55PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 0.48		7:19AM 0.47	7:09PM 0.56		8:41AM -0.07	6:10PM 0.71	8:25PM 0.77	6:50AM 0.45	6:31PM 1.21		6:58AM 0.52	7:56PM 0.82		9:17AM 0.54	3:08PM 0.82		5:51AM 0.59			9:48AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	10	14	14	25	17	18	18	13	16	27	17	28	18	18	22	10	20	18	14	10	28
Low °C	10	10	14	8	25	17	17	18	11	11	27	17	26	17	17	18	9	17	17	13	10	26
Chill °C (?)	15	8	11	14	25	16	18	17	12	16	27	16	28	18	17	22	8	20	18	13	9	28
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	0.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	12	12	11	18	18	12	12	10	12	14	14	14	14	13	6	9	13	12	8	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	14	12	10	12	16	16	14	6	21	10	6	20	10	14	13	18	16	12	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NW	-	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.2 NNW	-	0.6 W	1.1 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	-	1.5 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	6	7	-	9	6	-	6	6	-	11	6	-	8	6	7	-	-	5

	Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Turtles Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	14	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	807	209	3466	3280	2585	1105	2343	3061	1491	3628	1638	1255	1229	1124	1071	1040	1069	1034	1022	1261	1255	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:35AM 2.64				12:54PM 1.83				1:31AM 2.45			10:58AM 1.54								10:38AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 0.25	6:41AM 0.54				7:24PM 0.45				6:03AM 0.42				5:37PM 0.97			3:33AM 0.23				3:48PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	21	8	10	9	18	9	11	7	11	14	15	16	13	16	16	23	22	23	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	6	21	7	10	7	18	9	10	6	10	13	15	16	13	16	16	23	22	23	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	0.4 SW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	8	14	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	9	13	13	13	15	13	12	12	12	14	10	13	12	13	20	10	6	6	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	11	-	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	9

	Thursday 02
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Turtles Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	0.7 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 SW	3.5 W	0.5 SW	4.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	10	10	11	13	11	13	12	13	12	13	5	12	12	12	21	21	21	13	13	13
Energy(?)	906	287	2236	2236	2449	145	3468	183	4155	184	233	160	185	2848	935	1210	319	317	315	128	128	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												10:17AM 1.66		12:32PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)									7:28AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	22	8	8	9	13	7	11	8	14	13	15	15	12	16	16	26	26	25	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	5	22	5	5	6	12	3	9	5	12	11	13	13	10	14	14	26	26	25	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 W	0.5 SW	3.5 W	0.5 SW	4.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	11	13	11	13	12	5	12	13	13	12	15	15	13	13	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	11	12	-	12	-	13	13	15	15	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	-	5	10	10	-	4	-	5	-	8	5	5	5	12	12	12	5	5	4	6	6	6

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