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

	Wed	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	5	4	5	7	7	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 W	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	11	10	11	12	11	10	12	9	9	7	8	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	13
Energy(?)	565	4259	4457	3890	4169	5267	2105	3939	2166	853	372	76	188	1015	1009	1019	1428	1335	1033	887	964	1254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:56AM 1.77		2:32PM 1.83	1:42AM 1.19	12:20PM 1.18			5:10AM 1.97	5:28PM 1.81		6:17AM 2.54	6:35PM 1.58		6:36AM 2.23			5:49AM 1.84		7:33PM 1.35	6:14AM 2.32		9:43PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		8:57AM 1.10			7:06AM 0.77		10:45PM 0.42	11:29AM 0.68		11:24PM 0.60			10:13PM 0.92		1:07PM 0.19	11:09PM 1.06		1:27PM 0.28	11:32PM 1.08		2:04PM -0.30	1:21AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	3	1	10	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	10	9	10	13	14	11	14	14	8	7	6	6	10	10	9	10	11	8	12	12	9
Low °C	16	10	7	9	13	14	11	12	12	6	5	6	5	7	9	8	8	9	7	9	10	8
Chill °C (?)	17	6	6	6	11	13	10	14	13	6	6	2	4	10	9	8	10	11	7	12	12	8
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	2.1 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.2 S	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 W	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	8	10	12	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	7	8	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.1 SW	-	0.9 NW	-	1.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	18	-	12	-	16	12	14	15	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	13	16	11	15	14	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	11	10	-	-	-	10	12	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Marina CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	6	7	8	6	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.1 S	2.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	8	8	8	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	14	14	14	13	14	13	11	10
Energy(?)	1019	1711	1858	403	357	318	431	3154	3763	2112	1634	1042	5250	3560	5137	8804	7763	5761	6052	4387	3648	3939
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								2:32PM 1.83								2:01PM 1.57				3:17AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		8:35PM 0.04			5:38AM 0.80					9:57PM 0.19								8:38PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	6	2	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	2	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	16	16	17	6	10	7	6	7	7	11	9	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	16	16	17	4	7	5	3	5	7	9	6	8	10	12	11	11	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	9	9	8	8	8	12	13	12	11	10	10	12	11	11	14	14	13	14	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	8	8	10	-	12	12	11	11	-	12	14	12	12	11	14	14	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	3	10	11	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10

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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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Marina CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	6	7	8	6	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.9 S	1.6 NW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 W	2.4 S	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1095	1749	1019	805	1386	1544	281	1758	466	445	393	357	3238	3691	3221	2580	3826	2183	1660	1630	1914	1914
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												3:52AM 2.00									12:50PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)																7:41AM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	-	1	1
High °C	12	12	11	17	17	17	5	11	8	8	8	8	14	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	17	17	17	2	9	5	5	6	5	12	7	8	11	12	12	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.8 S	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	3.0 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	18	12	18	18	11	14	11	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 S	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	-	2.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	8	8	9	-	9	3	3	3	2	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	-	-

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