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 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	9	6	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	17	16	16	15	15	13	13	12	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1673	856	1394	537	1252	913	959	696	1732	1009	8285	13576	11400	7330	4392	2726	1446	1214	1643	2260	3603	2844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 1.60	10:40AM 1.87		2:27AM 1.89		1:52PM 2.67	3:14AM 2.30		1:32PM 1.67	3:08AM 1.66		1:33PM 1.23	3:08AM 1.50		2:28PM 1.00	3:50AM 1.88		3:07PM 1.15	3:37AM 1.73	4:31AM 1.91	6:12PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	5:29PM -0.10		4:40AM 0.70	5:59PM -0.37	7:37PM -0.45	8:01AM 0.84		8:35PM -0.21	8:33AM 0.79		8:26PM 0.03	9:18AM 0.67		7:57PM 0.23	9:33AM 1.00		8:47PM 0.79	10:01AM 0.90		8:11PM 0.91	12:03PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	17	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	7	11	14	13	16	15	14	10	16	9	10	9	9	15	11	9	11	11	9	9	11
Low °C	10	7	11	14	12	16	14	13	10	13	8	9	9	7	14	9	8	9	10	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	5	9	13	11	15	15	14	8	15	6	9	7	7	15	10	7	11	11	7	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:04	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	12	7	12	12	11	11	10	11	17	16	16	15	15	13	13	12	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.1 W	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	15	9	16	15	6	5	21	22	-	13	-	-	13	14	14	13	13	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	-	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	-	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	6	-

	Sunday 04				Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wed
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4606	1474	2255	1702	1078	1140	1078	1035	1103	1564	1114	1201	1294	1080	1213	1062	1211	1120	1071	1034	696	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:02AM 2.44					1:52AM 2.23			12:33PM 2.39					1:16AM 1.45			11:43AM 2.11					1:45AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			5:16PM -0.49					7:08AM 0.89				7:02PM -0.33			5:52AM 1.14				5:46PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	3	-	-	9	-	-	-	2	13	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	12	11	9	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	11	7	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	11	11	12	15	16	16	15	15	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.5 W	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	12	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	12	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 04													Monday 05
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	13	10	10
Energy(?)	4972	1648	3474	3213	1732	1217	1489	1418	1429	1111	1044	1077	1097	704	1463	1071	1227	2420	2231	2055	839	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:02AM 2.44														12:18AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)									6:55PM -0.58									3:35AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	3	1	-	2	1	1	1	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	13	13	11	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	11	15	15	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	16	12	12	8	5	5	8	7	8	6	6	10	10	9	12	9	15	15	15	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	1.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	16	7	7	16	14	14	8	13	16	8	8	16	9	7	8	8	15	15	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	9	8	8	5	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

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

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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