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

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	16	16	13	15	13	13	15	20	20
Energy(?)	668	545	660	477	552	805	382	487	618	748	572	518	272	487	337	290	324	267	244	298	553	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:01AM 1.19	4:56PM 1.37		9:12AM 1.10	5:21PM 1.81		9:41AM 1.50	6:47PM 1.63		10:25AM 1.27			8:28AM 1.66		9:06PM 2.12	8:39AM 1.73		9:46PM 1.77	9:33AM 1.54		12:32AM 1.73	12:30PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 1.16		12:19AM 0.47	12:41PM 1.01		3:05AM 0.12	1:31PM 1.31		2:03AM -0.02		2:48PM 0.89	2:03AM 0.19	1:35PM 0.87	2:03PM 0.54	4:08AM 0.24		3:42PM 0.56	4:33AM -0.06		2:54PM 0.55		6:14AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	26	22	27	23	22	16	27	23	27	22	23	20	21	15	16	23	27	29	29	28	18
Low °C	15	26	21	25	22	21	15	26	22	26	21	22	15	21	13	14	23	26	28	29	27	15
Chill °C (?)	18	26	22	27	23	22	16	27	23	27	22	23	20	21	14	16	23	27	29	29	28	18
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	14	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	13	9	8	15	8	8	8	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SE	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	5	4	9	10	8	10	7	18	18	8	6	16	13	13	6	13	13	15	20	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	7	9	5	6	-	-	5	-	-	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	8	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	713	680	1038	574	687	635	521	504	504	519	504	565	578	522	582	734	575	616	506	674	539	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:12AM 1.05			5:40PM 1.84					8:25AM 1.35			6:40PM 1.91					8:04AM 1.43	11:05AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29AM 0.29								12:59AM 0.21			10:49AM 1.32						2:26AM 0.06				2:25PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	28	26	22	18	21	23	23	16	16	22	23	27	19	26	18	18	24	22	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	22	28	26	22	18	21	23	23	16	16	22	23	27	19	26	18	18	24	22	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	15	16	15	16	6	15	15	8	8	15	15	14	7	16	15	15	15	15	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	16	12	10	7	11	12	15	4	4	15	15	7	7	18	15	9	6	6	6	7	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	7	-	11	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	6	6	-	-	7	6

	Monday 01
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	609	700	908	687	731	629	652	671	578	677	563	723	715	615	607	672	624	512	545	678	509	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																					7:14PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		12:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	27	22	21	14	21	22	23	23	24	22	22	26	23	29	25	24	25	22	14	17
Chill °C (?)	21	22	27	22	21	13	21	22	23	23	24	22	22	26	23	29	25	24	25	22	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.7 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	10	6	11	5	12	12	12	7	10	6	6	12	10	10	7	7	-	10	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	7	6	-	-	11	6	6	7	-	11	5	6	6

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