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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	9	8	6	5	6	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	13	14	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	14	10	13	15	15	15	13	14	15
Energy(?)	1291	1419	1371	1674	5886	2340	6301	1849	1277	1686	938	1202	1115	900	1715	1783	11224	6167	5664	2522	4892	6440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 1.30	9:31AM 2.49		10:30PM 1.92	10:00AM 2.54		11:19PM 1.95	9:34AM 2.60		11:03PM 1.31	8:53AM 1.74		12:12AM 1.84	9:08AM 2.11		12:17AM 1.23	9:44AM 1.68		12:25AM 1.50	10:13AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		1:44AM 0.52		4:15PM 0.27	3:47AM 0.83		4:53PM 0.11			4:35PM 0.38	3:26AM 0.84		4:46PM -0.08			6:02PM -0.16	3:52AM 1.05		4:37PM 0.25		4:06AM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	5	20	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	14	12	13	13	10	13	12	9	14	13	8	11	10	8	13	11	10	17	17	12	12	12
Low °C	13	11	12	13	10	11	10	7	11	12	6	8	7	7	12	10	10	17	15	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	7	11	10	8	14	11	7	10	8	7	12	10	9	17	17	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	4:47	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 SW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	14	10	9	15	15	15	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	18	12	13	16	14	16	16	15	5	15	13	16	13	13	13	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 15				Sunday 16								Monday 17								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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 NW	1.8 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1075	1028	1383	1400	1419	1512	1659	1726	1453	1501	1557	606	1808	4802	1286	3874	6653	7052	1347	5699	4688	1591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:34PM 1.89				9:31AM 2.49				8:40PM 1.15				9:27AM 2.31				9:15PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16PM 0.37				3:08AM 0.69				3:25PM 0.67				3:16AM 0.83				2:54PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	2	4	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	11	10	12	11	13	13	11	11	11	7
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	11	7	10	8	11	11	9	9	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 NW	1.8 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	13	13	13	12	12	17	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	11	12	11	12	12	-

	Saturday 15													Sunday 16
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1024	1017	1075	1192	1175	1291	1290	1282	1208	1208	1531	626	1758	1331	658	1355	547	537	351	764	839	1682
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:25PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)						3:33PM 0.48									12:57AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	3	1	-
High °C	13	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	12	12	14	11	13	13	13	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	7:13
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	14	7	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	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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