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

	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	12	8	11	11	7	12	11	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	612	467	583	350	580	805	1917	624	734	2816	1844	1624	1177	400	715	750	2353	2780	1368	997	1313	1076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:52AM 2.44		2:17PM 2.28	2:15AM 2.65		2:05PM 1.61	12:28AM 1.69	1:58PM 1.02	3:01PM 1.25	2:12AM 1.87		3:44PM 1.43	2:18AM 1.70		5:30PM 1.41	3:20AM 1.65		7:21PM 1.16	4:36AM 1.50	5:06AM 2.28	7:55PM 1.58	8:27PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		8:04AM -0.00		8:03PM 0.36	8:42AM -0.14	7:31PM 0.55		7:34AM -0.09	7:50PM 0.60		9:17AM -0.11	7:42PM 1.21		9:35AM -0.09		8:48PM 1.00	10:36AM -0.89		10:21PM 0.91	12:42PM 0.37		12:42AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	26	22	19	20	20	10	17	21	7	12	11	16	20	24	18	9	9	17	17	20	16
Low °C	15	22	19	15	14	20	7	11	19	6	9	10	14	15	22	16	7	8	14	11	19	14
Chill °C (?)	20	26	22	19	20	20	7	17	21	4	11	10	15	20	24	18	7	7	16	17	20	15
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	9	10	14	10	14	13	13	12	11	11	18	12	12	11	8	10	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	16	11	8	11	14	22	14	21	14	13	20	14	18	15	16	10	13	16	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	2.3 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	7	-	-	9	9	-	10	-	-	-	8	-	11	7	-	-	8	-	10	10

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	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	7	7	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1004	845	835	711	589	675	544	529	998	832	690	762	1105	1425	836	822	2040	2269	2213	3793	2982	1414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:43AM 2.57				11:53AM 1.30				12:46AM 1.78				1:07PM 1.63				12:28AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	7:57PM 0.16				7:57AM -0.01				6:38PM 0.30				6:34AM -0.09				5:57PM -0.41				7:48AM 0.33	8:27AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	12	13	20	26	24	12	12	15	17	14	19	27	20	16	14	16	10	15	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	12	20	26	24	11	11	14	17	14	19	27	20	16	14	15	10	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	14	9	10	9	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	10	14	10	10	14	14	14	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	7	8	-	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 NW	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	16	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1162	869	861	860	727	593	359	401	814	809	409	354	343	253	374	384	426	414	464	511	423	880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)							11:21PM 1.57												11:53AM 1.30	12:41PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			7:30PM 0.20										5:48AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	14	15	16	24	24	15	15	18	24	21	21	25	22	25	26	26	26	25	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	15	15	24	24	15	15	18	24	21	21	25	22	25	26	26	26	25	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 NW	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 W	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	9	12	13	16	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	6	16	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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