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

	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Leo Carillo State Beach CAL - LA County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	13	13	11	10	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	9	10	11	20	10	10	18	17	16	16	8
Energy	5458	2331	1567	3321	1856	3131	1960	1466	867	1149	683	869	1000	1219	581	3105	1787	930	1344	691	635	1877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:13PM 1.56	8:40AM 1.45		10:11PM 2.20	10:48AM 1.67		8:57PM 2.12	10:21AM 1.46		9:19PM 1.71	11:53AM 1.55		10:04PM 1.61	1:48PM 0.91		10:29PM 2.11	1:56PM 1.28		11:08PM 1.59		2:12PM 1.53	11:31PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	3:01AM -0.01	1:36PM 0.94	2:53PM 0.56			4:18PM 0.79	4:18AM 0.30		3:41PM 0.83	4:50AM -0.18	5:01AM 0.24	4:02PM 1.25		7:04AM -0.17	3:21PM 1.17		6:42AM -0.20	4:11PM 1.22		8:14AM -0.16	5:54PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	11	16	13	14	17	19	15	17	20	14	14	20	15	15	23	15	15	22	19
Low °C	12	14	15	11	13	12	12	14	18	13	12	20	9	11	20	15	11	23	10	12	21	17
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	10	16	12	13	17	19	14	17	20	12	13	20	14	14	23	15	14	22	18
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	10	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	10	11	20	11	10	18	10	16	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	20	18	9	10	10	14	6	14	14	12	21	16	19	18	18	17	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.0 W	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	8	9	-	-	6	10	10	8	10	7	7	8

	Tue		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	North Jetty at Eureka CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	5	5	9	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s)	14	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	10	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	2410	3767	5458	8190	4327	2331	1573	1567	2158	3253	3321	3037	3285	1856	2627	3131	3156	3022	1960	1042	1994	1466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:12PM 2.60				8:40AM 1.45				10:11PM 2.20				10:48AM 1.67	11:16AM 2.03			10:44PM 2.21				10:21AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				3:02AM 0.52				2:53PM 0.56					5:16AM 0.01			4:18PM 0.79				4:16AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	12	12	10	15	15	15	13	11	11	11	12	16	13	12	11	12	12	12	15	17
Chill °C (?)	11	9	11	10	9	14	14	15	12	11	11	10	11	16	12	11	10	11	12	12	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	16	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	21	20	19	18	18	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	5	5	9	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	397	2535	2410	2741	2291	3767	5701	5677	5458	7394	10280	8190	8053	7999	4327	4327	1896	2331	1465	739	1573	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	9:04AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)											3:43AM 0.05											2:18PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	13	12	12	11	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	10	12	14	15	13	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	11	10	11	9	8	8	11	8	8	10	11	11	9	11	14	14	13	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	16	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 S	1.5 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	9	16	9	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	9	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	14	14	-	14	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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