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 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Turtles Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	10	11	10	11	12	14	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3499	728	484	1260	806	619	1034	4599	5626	2277	1570	750	2441	1613	1263	3021	1640	2156	1757	1155	950	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 1.85	11:56AM 2.13	1:05PM 2.73	3:19AM 2.24			2:40AM 1.69			3:26AM 1.30	4:19AM 2.33	4:29PM 3.08		5:05AM 1.78	4:17PM 2.22		5:53AM 2.42	5:55PM 1.87		6:34AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)	6:49PM -0.60		5:45AM 0.93		8:23PM -0.51	7:30AM 1.46		7:30PM 0.10	8:37AM 1.45		8:12PM -0.12	9:52AM 1.41		10:27PM 0.03	11:08AM 0.93	1:30PM 2.17	12:34AM 1.17	12:25PM 1.15		11:45PM 1.01		2:13PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	36	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	19	10	9	16	14	12	8	16	18	21	18	13	21	20	16	21	19	10	10	15
Low °C	11	15	17	9	9	15	13	8	7	15	17	17	17	12	18	19	15	20	18	8	7	13
Chill °C (?)	10	16	19	8	7	16	14	9	5	16	18	21	17	11	21	20	16	21	19	9	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	4:36	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.2 S	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.1 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	10	11	10	11	12	14	12	12	12	15	13	14	15	15	14	14	18	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	6	7	15	14	12	13	7	8	12	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	14	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Saturday 06				Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	12	13	11	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1516	2280	3159	2055	1552	1193	1123	721	602	639	506	538	1614	516	520	1459	2359	1034	1447	1605	1862	3567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 2.63					1:41AM 2.29			12:22PM 2.92					3:01AM 1.76				1:17PM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)			6:21PM -0.51	7:25PM -0.62			6:21AM 0.95				6:28PM -0.40	7:40PM -0.08				7:32AM 2.36				8:30PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	11	-	-	-	-	12
Temp. °C	14	13	12	11	10	12	14	18	14	19	17	14	9	14	13	8	8	14	13	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	10	8	11	14	18	14	19	17	14	7	14	13	6	6	14	13	11	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	-	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	12	-	11	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.6 W	1.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	13	14	15	15	14	11	7	13	13	7	13	14	13	13	-	-	13	12	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06													Sunday 07
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 W	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	14	13	14	14	12	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1098	1353	973	3694	3804	2566	3555	683	2230	504	493	1909	1220	1742	1752	716	716	1193	1193	937	937	929
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:30AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)								5:46PM -0.15	6:49PM -0.20												6:29AM 1.45	7:15AM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	15	11	14	14	11	9	12	12	9	9	12	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	10	10	13	10	14	11	14	14	10	6	12	12	9	9	11	11	12	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 W	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	7	7	12	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 WNW	1.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 W	0.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	10	9	15	13	13	13	15	14	15	14	14	12	16	12	12	-	-	14	14	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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