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

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	15	13	12	12	12	6	11	9	8	7	9	18	9	10
Energy	833	1086	1193	1363	1000	897	539	575	278	673	866	728	437	432	783	238	909	405	657	717	1964	762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:34PM 1.64	12:59AM 2.58		3:04PM 2.08	1:34AM 2.51		4:14PM 1.76	2:52AM 2.15		4:53PM 1.10	2:28AM 1.48		5:54PM 1.12	1:37AM 1.73		6:32PM 1.12	4:25AM 1.31		5:33PM 1.45	4:42AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	8:46AM -0.21			8:13AM 0.35	7:46PM 1.54		8:55AM 0.42		9:06PM 1.12	9:14AM -0.09		8:21PM 0.93	10:04AM -0.03			10:30AM 0.51		10:55PM 0.93	9:36AM 0.66		11:54PM 1.34	11:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	13	15	12	17	15	16	13	11	11	11	21	10	21	21	13	26	27	19	17
Low °C	12	13	11	12	15	12	17	14	15	10	10	8	10	18	9	18	20	12	22	27	18	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	14	12	16	14	15	12	10	10	10	21	7	21	21	11	26	27	19	17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:57	-	-	6:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	15	13	12	12	12	14	13	9	17	18	15	18	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	16	8	8	15	9	16	15	15	5	16	15	7	7	18	18	11	13	16	20	13	19	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	8	-	-	6	11	-	8	7	9	7	9	-

	Sunday 03						Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	12
Energy	1110	1013	1006	1086	1112	1487	1511	1340	1166	1363	906	1060	1039	1003	1074	878	568	794	591	820	538	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				2:18PM 2.13			12:59AM 2.58					2:58PM 1.14			11:28PM 1.98				11:51AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		9:30AM -0.17			7:09PM 1.46								6:55PM 0.83				7:23AM -0.09	8:27AM -0.14		3:44PM 1.08	6:33PM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	27	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	17	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	27	12	12	12	11	12	9	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	16	16	12	12
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	8	17	18	8	8	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	17	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	9	3	3

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	16	16	15	12	12	16	16
Energy	980	909	775	773	844	833	926	1367	1367	995	713	1074	1160	1129	736	730	478	1170	425	422	975	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:09PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33AM 0.31											6:21PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	16	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	18	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	9	9	16	16	15	11	9	9	15	12	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	16	16	9	8	8	17	16	16	8	14	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	8	-	-

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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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