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 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington
Rating	3	4	2	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	1.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	0.7 S	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	8	8	10	9	14	9	8	15	8	9	14	10	10	17	9	10	14	10	14	11	13
Energy(?)	566	1786	348	1736	852	443	485	669	389	484	691	341	972	986	597	2219	1891	389	833	618	561	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:02PM 1.23				8:37AM 1.44		9:43PM 1.44	9:29AM 1.42		9:58PM 1.56	9:44AM 1.26					11:28PM 1.30				12:36PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		1:53AM 0.78		3:12PM 0.22			3:03PM 0.07	3:32AM 0.41		4:17PM 0.16	4:18AM 0.22					5:29PM 0.31			4:43PM 0.91		5:34AM -0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	10	10	13	11	17	16	12	29	12	9	11	10	9	16	11	13	26	17	16	18	10
Low °C	26	9	8	13	8	17	15	8	29	12	9	9	9	6	16	11	11	24	16	16	16	10
Chill °C (?)	27	6	10	12	9	17	15	9	29	10	5	10	7	6	15	8	11	26	16	14	18	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	1.9 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	11	8	10	9	14	14	14	15	16	9	8	10	10	17	14	10	6	16	14	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	7	16	14	14	18	18	18	6	13	16	14	13	14	13	18	14	14	10	12	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	8	6	8	6	-	-	-	7	9	10	6	10	8	-	4

	Saturday 11				Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	712	587	558	508	565	1085	1401	3708	2937	451	1339	1108	1260	1011	1009	657	457	493	518	1004	1012	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	flow	high	flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	flow	flow	flow	high	mid-ebb	flow	mid-flow	flow	mid-ebb	flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:33PM 1.59			7:39AM 1.37					8:51PM 1.21				8:47AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	11:59AM 0.58					2:34AM 0.81				2:58PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	11	-	-	-	5	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	9	25	8	26	7	9	10	9	11	10	12	11	11	12	12	13	18	13	8	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	7	25	6	26	4	6	9	7	10	8	12	11	10	11	12	12	17	12	6	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	6	15	6	15	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	9	15	11	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	11	18	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	9	8	9	9

	Saturday 11												Sunday 12
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 W	3.0 SW	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	7	16	16	16	16	8	8	15	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	714	615	574	462	566	478	543	627	627	230	720	633	684	751	686	1242	1088	569	900	3025	1243	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	11:59AM 0.58			2:22PM 0.24												2:50AM 0.71	3:11AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	19	13	26	14	27	9	8	10	9	9	11	12	12	11	14	11	12	17	10	8	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	11	26	12	27	5	6	8	6	7	8	10	10	9	13	8	9	17	8	5	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	15	15	6	16	16	6	16	16	7	16	16	16	16	15	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	5	11	9	11	15	11	11	15	11	11	16	11	12	11	11	13	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.2 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	-	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 NW	-	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	5	-	6	-	6	6	-	7	7	-	7	6	8	8	7	-	9	-	-

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