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 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 W	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	14	11	13	14	14	6	13	16	13	16	18	16	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	616	389	587	309	695	381	128	484	458	346	274	204	920	400	534	866	752	532	621	462	508	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 1.46		11:01PM 1.49		3:48PM 1.26	3:30AM 2.19	11:11AM 0.95		2:04AM 1.41			11:40PM 1.68		7:50PM 1.89	10:00PM 1.27		8:00PM 1.19	8:24PM 1.00	6:24AM 1.38		8:29PM 1.64	6:17AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 0.53		10:01AM 0.02		9:30PM 1.03	5:03AM 0.47	3:08PM 0.82		5:51AM 0.59			12:09PM 0.75			11:08AM 0.58		12:42AM 0.82	1:56PM 0.11		1:28AM 1.27	1:21PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	23	23	16	29	16	23	20	17	27	20	8	28	19	16	28	14	14	13	18	17	17
Low °C	13	22	20	13	28	11	18	20	16	26	20	6	26	19	13	25	12	13	10	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	23	23	16	29	16	23	20	16	27	20	5	28	19	16	28	13	14	13	18	16	16
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	14	11	13	14	14	14	13	6	7	8	18	16	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	6	9	5	15	19	11	11	18	11	12	13	10	5	12	8	5	13	7	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NW	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	-	1.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	5	4	6	6	7	6	-	-	5	6	-	5	9	-	8	7	4	7

	Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	12	12	11	14	14	15	14	14	14	11	10	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	6
Energy(?)	1083	528	528	616	713	619	688	679	532	626	564	515	328	289	617	530	501	523	523	225	168	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						3:54PM 1.81		9:29PM 1.63	12:46AM 1.48					4:05PM 1.98		9:44PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			5:47AM 0.01	9:20AM -0.05						4:30AM 0.36										8:41AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	21	17	16	16	24	25	14	24	25	27	16	16	26	26	26	12	12	17	21	25
Chill °C (?)	16	20	21	17	16	16	24	25	14	24	25	27	16	16	26	26	26	11	12	17	21	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	16	16	12	12	11	14	14	15	14	14	14	11	10	13	13	13	6	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.8 NNW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	17	15	21	7	12	7	6	10	15	15	19	19	19	14	10	10	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.5 W	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	3	4	6	-	-	4	6

	Sunday 05
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	9	18	12	15	15	17	15	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	16	12	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1134	559	552	371	473	557	823	823	440	823	823	842	512	655	807	807	849	510	768	375	238	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)				2:26AM 2.37								10:58AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)									7:10AM 0.00								3:13PM 0.71			6:32PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	13	14	13	24	24	18	26	26	25	19	19	27	27	27	21	16	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	13	13	13	24	24	18	26	26	25	19	19	27	27	27	21	16	20	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	6	9	12	15	15	17	15	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	16	12	16	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	1.0 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	18	6	7	7	10	7	7	11	7	7	6	6	9	10	16	9	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	3

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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