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 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28
	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	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	2.2 SW	1.4 WNW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	10	12	9	11	9	10	9	9	9	14	14	8	10	12	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2070	4930	2453	832	1116	1508	944	1170	432	420	615	356	323	267	340	669	855	1746	2309	1600	2284	1920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 1.96		4:36PM 1.66	2:24AM 1.78		4:37PM 1.90	8:41PM 2.11	4:49AM 2.47		7:10PM 1.56	4:59AM 2.58		7:52PM 1.86	5:13AM 2.10		8:58PM 1.98	8:16AM 2.55		10:33PM 1.99	8:34AM 2.67		10:25PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		11:05AM 0.14		8:03PM 0.70	9:44AM 0.14		9:13PM 2.11	12:38PM 0.10		11:40PM 1.01	12:46PM 0.49		11:54PM 1.59		1:03PM 0.24	1:24AM 1.56		3:40PM -0.16	3:27AM 1.09		3:44PM 0.24	3:36AM 1.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	11	5	-	-	18	41	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	12	8	13	15	17	10	13	13	13	9	13	19	6	13	9	6	15	9	6	15	10	8
Low °C	11	8	12	13	15	10	12	12	13	6	13	17	5	12	7	5	13	7	4	13	9	7
Chill °C (?)	9	4	11	15	16	9	11	12	13	8	13	19	5	12	7	5	13	7	4	15	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 W	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	0.3 SW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	8	8	10	12	12	13	13	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	15	12	11	11	10	13	8	10	10	14	14	9	9	12	8	8	16	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.9 N	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	12	-

	Sat		Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	13	8	9	11	13	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	227	1774	2648	895	1169	3077	1577	3470	3229	3251	1701	1636	1311	1030	1016	1581	1198	963	749	1133	1187	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:41AM 1.76					4:14PM 1.78			3:02AM 2.63					5:24PM 1.69			3:54AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)		9:54PM 0.38				9:08AM 0.66	11:35AM 1.23			9:49PM 0.67				9:24AM 0.55					10:07PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	8	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	15	7	4
Temp. °C	12	9	7	11	10	10	9	7	7	9	12	13	12	18	19	14	10	10	10	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	6	3	9	8	8	7	4	4	7	10	12	11	18	19	13	10	9	9	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	12	13	12	12	11	13	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	12	9	9	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 W	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	13	11	15	13	11	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.8 SW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	8	9	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	8	4	4	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	7	7	10	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	7	7	11	12	12	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	230	1100	1301	477	546	1585	613	4389	4753	5197	2514	2730	2910	181	199	3121	4967	4375	4144	2737	2526	2543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											2:20AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)				7:22PM 0.49														9:53AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	-	-	1
High °C	12	7	7	12	12	11	6	8	8	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	3	3	9	9	8	1	5	5	3	9	7	8	9	9	8	6	7	7	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	7	7	11	12	12	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	16	15	11	11	11	10	10	16	13	13	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	7	7	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-

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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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