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 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Exiles CAL - LA County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Moonstone CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NW	1.3 SSW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	7	8	9	19	9	18	10	9	10	16
Energy	821	1959	1430	1771	1264	1491	941	1092	411	695	1290	332	821	1106	2774	827	3009	1685	1785	3003	1026	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:04PM 1.61	1:15PM 1.28		10:35PM 1.61	12:36PM 1.43	2:03PM 1.30	11:09PM 2.09	1:14PM 1.41	2:45PM 1.29	11:31PM 1.61	1:29PM 1.42	3:17PM 1.15	12:09AM 1.52		2:29PM 0.95	1:02AM 1.86		4:18PM 1.17	1:37AM 1.34		5:08PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	4:19PM 0.92		6:08AM -0.19	4:53PM 0.99		5:38AM 0.22	6:19PM 0.92		6:11AM 0.26	6:56PM 0.95		6:26AM 0.33	6:29PM 1.06		8:52AM -0.18	5:47PM 0.86		8:40AM 0.40			10:30AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	15	19	15	18	13	16	21	14	15	17	23	20	14	17	19	17	21	14	11	20
Low °C	18	9	12	19	12	15	13	14	18	13	14	16	22	16	12	17	16	14	19	12	11	19
Chill °C (?)	20	14	15	19	15	18	13	15	21	14	14	17	23	20	13	17	19	17	21	13	10	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	7	6	15	18	9	10	9	10	17	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	21	20	19	18	18	17	6	22	16	15	20	14	19	19	18	18	12	16	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	6	7	-	7	8	9	-	9	-	10	9	-	9

	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01								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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Deadman's 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	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16
Energy	676	821	920	1691	1959	1173	1408	1430	1909	1771	2354	3190	1264	1160	1021	1491	514	941	1881	1693	1092	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 1.55			10:04PM 1.61					1:19PM 1.18			10:21PM 1.69						2:03PM 1.30			11:09PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		4:19PM 0.92					5:22AM -0.23			4:53PM 0.99					5:54AM -0.22				5:03PM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	15	11	10	9	11	15	19	19	15	16	13	12	14	18	13	13	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	20	15	11	10	9	11	15	19	19	15	16	13	12	14	18	12	13	15	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	12	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10

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	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	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	591	609	676	735	809	821	856	838	920	945	1231	1205	1713	1979	1959	2058	2039	1173	1288	1237	1408	1290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											9:58PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)						4:19PM 0.92													5:22AM -0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	18	19	20	20	20	17	15	13	16	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	18	19	20	20	20	17	15	12	15	7	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	21	21	21	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

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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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