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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	7	6	9	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	16	16	14	13	11	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	11	13	13	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3122	2576	2649	2406	1315	796	1499	2912	3723	6980	8542	6115	4946	3427	1023	1074	1813	994	151	739	640	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 1.99	10:30AM 2.56		12:13AM 2.10	11:04AM 2.45		11:36PM 1.55	11:03AM 2.65		1:05AM 2.33	11:46AM 2.60		11:27PM 1.82	12:31PM 2.49		12:05AM 1.50	12:14PM 1.89		1:23AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	5:00PM -0.02		4:38AM 1.13	5:21PM -0.08		5:10AM 0.92	5:39PM -0.17		5:09AM 1.22	5:15PM 0.30		5:52AM 1.08	5:03PM 0.37		6:35AM 0.94	6:34PM 0.12		6:18AM 0.75	6:46PM 0.28	7:02PM 0.36	9:12AM 0.82	5:36PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	5	6	34	6	3	8	2	10	6	4	3	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	12	11	13	9	10	5	5	6	7	4	6	11	9	10	10	16	16	9	6	9	12
Low °C	6	11	9	13	9	9	4	3	6	6	3	4	9	8	9	9	15	15	7	4	7	10
Chill °C (?)	4	10	8	10	7	8	3	1	3	4	2	3	9	9	10	8	15	15	7	3	6	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	1.7 NW	0.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	16	16	14	13	11	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	11	14	13	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	16	13	13	7	6	8	15	15	13	13	13	15	12	15	15	13	14	8	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	3	3	-	-

	Saturday 14				Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Fernald Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10
Energy(?)	3076	3122	3122	3614	3494	3367	3156	3012	1880	1812	2072	1245	1621	1581	1110	1349	546	717	1389	2081	2203	1378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					11:47PM 1.99			9:16AM 1.94					10:15PM 1.60			9:53AM 1.85					12:45AM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)			5:00PM -0.02				4:03AM 0.99				5:33PM -0.10			2:56AM 1.10	4:27AM 1.35				4:41PM -0.14			2:52AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	4	1	4	-	2	10	5	21	-	1	14	8	-	-	8	5	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	9	7	6	9	5	8	10	11	10	9	7	9	11	11	7	10	11	11	10	9	3	11
Chill °C (?)	8	4	3	8	2	6	8	9	8	7	4	8	11	10	6	8	10	11	9	6	-1	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 S	1.6 NW	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 NNW	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 NNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	6	6	7	13	7	7	7	9	6	6	7	7	6	6	12	7	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	0.8 ESE	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	13	12	4	10

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	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Fernald Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	16	14	14
Energy(?)	3167	3122	3076	2881	3122	2687	2626	2386	2292	1744	4123	2390	1972	1948	2581	2977	962	1164	2015	2435	1771	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)																						7:46AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)							4:31PM -0.09										2:41AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	8	7	9	13	12	12	12	6	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	10	4	13
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	5	5	7	12	10	11	10	3	10	9	10	9	9	11	9	9	8	4	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	5	13	15	6	13	13	16	16	13	13	16	13	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	6	5	6	6	7	-	2

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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