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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	15	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	24	23	20	20	19	19	10
Energy	505	820	2042	1986	1678	3385	1845	1830	1708	1428	1472	3000	2005	846	1061	652	1033	1376	1343	823	3048	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:14PM 1.02	3:17PM 1.15	12:09AM 1.55		3:51PM 1.56	1:03AM 1.41		4:01PM 1.47	1:37AM 1.34		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		4:58PM 1.62	3:56AM 1.07	5:42AM 1.56	6:42PM 1.50	4:19AM 1.01	5:30AM 0.94	5:51PM 1.89		8:12AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 1.06		7:39AM -0.14	7:33PM 1.41		10:11AM -0.07	7:31PM 1.37		8:57AM -0.02		9:29PM 0.91	11:39AM 0.05		11:04PM 0.79	12:18PM 0.31		11:03PM 0.60	11:17AM 0.36		1:57AM 0.29	1:30PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	24	20	17	22	16	17	16	15	19	22	14	14	24	14	12	14	17	18	24	14	14
Low °C	15	23	16	13	22	12	14	16	13	13	21	12	11	24	14	12	13	17	15	23	9	12
Chill °C (?)	16	24	20	17	22	16	17	16	15	19	22	12	13	24	12	12	14	17	18	24	12	14
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	8	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	9	15	9	7	14	20	20	19	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	6	20	18	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	26	14	14	23	14	14	8	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	1.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	2.3 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	8	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	6	-	7	-	10	10

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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	16	15	15	7	18	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	17	10
Energy	543	505	669	820	564	1296	2042	1365	1395	1986	1535	1678	1749	3478	3385	3296	5441	1845	1959	1830	1697	3684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:17PM 1.15			12:09AM 1.55					3:51PM 1.56			1:03AM 1.41					4:01PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	6:03AM -0.09								7:39AM -0.14				7:20PM 1.05					10:11AM -0.07			6:57PM 0.13	8:23PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	23	24	17	18	17	11	13	17	22	22	16	13	12	15	12	17	18	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	23	24	17	18	16	11	13	17	22	22	16	13	12	15	12	17	18	16	14	17
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	8	8	10	10	19	19	17	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	19	20	18	18	18	10	18	19	16	16	20	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	8	8	8	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10

	Wednesday 03																		Thursday 04
	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	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	8	8	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1014	1032	543	644	755	505	294	499	669	709	493	820	812	866	564	1443	1389	1296	1293	1671	2042	1985
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											3:02PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				8:51AM -0.16									5:23PM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	13	16	17	16	21	23	23	24	24	27	25	17	16	16	18	18	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	13	15	16	16	21	23	23	24	24	27	25	17	16	16	18	18	16	16	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	7	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	6	12	20	6	6	19	19	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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