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

	Sun		Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	16	13	12	12	11	12	11	8	8	7	8	9	9	16	17
Energy	1086	1511	1363	1000	747	583	637	519	613	1246	532	429	1007	337	155	864	441	956	874	1419	904	1234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:18PM 2.13	12:59AM 2.58		3:04PM 2.08	1:34AM 2.51		4:14PM 1.76	2:11AM 2.43		4:53PM 1.10	2:28AM 1.48		6:26PM 1.43	2:21AM 1.31		6:42PM 1.11	12:55AM 1.61		6:53PM 1.63	4:42AM 1.60		7:11PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	7:09PM 1.46		8:13AM 0.35	7:46PM 1.54		9:25AM -0.08		8:25PM 1.61	9:41AM 0.51		8:21PM 0.93	10:04AM -0.03	6:50PM 1.43	9:06PM 1.08	9:51AM 0.05			12:10PM 0.72		11:54PM 1.34	11:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	15	12	13	15	13	11	11	11	11	20	12	22	22	13	27	25	19	27	17
Low °C	13	12	12	15	11	12	14	12	11	10	9	10	18	9	19	21	12	23	24	18	27	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	11	13	14	11	10	10	9	10	20	12	22	22	11	27	25	19	27	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	0.5 W	2.2 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	15	12	11	14	11	8	17	18	9	14	9	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	18	15	9	16	8	15	16	16	10	14	7	18	7	9	13	16	20	16	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	-	2.0 W	1.1 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	12	5	-	12	-	-	8	7	8	9	-	4	-

	Sunday 03				Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wed
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1006	1086	1112	1528	1511	1340	1166	1145	963	1060	1039	1003	1010	600	568	573	591	585	573	564	525	531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 2.13			12:59AM 2.58					2:58PM 1.14			11:28PM 1.98				11:51AM 1.30	3:55PM 2.02			12:43AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			7:09PM 1.46					8:13AM 0.35			6:55PM 0.83				7:23AM -0.09	8:52AM -0.12			6:33PM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	17	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	16	13	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	8	8	17	18	8	8	15	8	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	15	17	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	3	3	3

	Sunday 03												Monday 04
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	14	12	14	15	15	14	14
Energy	926	905	1006	1006	1086	1201	1234	1156	1112	1258	1193	1170	748	764	764	868	433	1499	915	906	893	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				2:18PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)									7:09PM 1.46												7:08AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	12	12	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	15	12	11	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	14	12	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	15	15	8	16	15	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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

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