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 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	15	16	13	14	13	12	12	15	13	12	12	12	6	7	9	8	6	19	18	8
Energy	685	833	1076	975	1145	1000	983	590	586	286	445	842	681	525	412	317	304	1163	366	1015	717	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 2.09		3:05PM 1.82	1:47AM 2.31		3:31PM 1.94	1:34AM 2.51		3:55PM 2.02	2:52AM 2.15		5:01PM 1.70	2:52AM 2.33		5:54PM 1.12	3:39AM 2.22		6:25PM 1.49	2:49AM 1.64		6:53PM 1.63	4:42AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		8:19AM -0.27	7:56PM 0.96		9:23AM -0.18			8:55AM 0.42		9:06PM 1.12	9:41AM 0.51		9:11PM 1.67	9:38AM 0.47		10:11PM 1.71	10:30AM 0.51		9:39PM 1.43	10:55AM 0.55		11:54PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	12	13	12	12	15	13	12	14	16	11	10	11	14	20	18	23	18	13	17	29	12
Low °C	16	11	12	11	12	15	11	11	14	15	10	10	8	11	18	16	21	17	11	16	29	12
Chill °C (?)	17	11	13	12	12	14	12	12	13	15	10	9	10	14	20	17	23	17	10	16	29	9
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:53	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	15	9	13	14	13	12	12	15	11	12	12	12	14	14	9	18	16	19	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	16	8	16	15	9	16	8	15	5	13	7	7	7	18	13	11	13	18	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.3 NW	-	3.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	-	6	7	-	8	6	7	4	-

	Sat		Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	12	8	8	9	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	513	726	803	851	1145	1179	977	1076	1112	1340	1283	1247	1294	1042	1169	1067	1042	1027	1157	1104	880	806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:16AM 2.37					2:18PM 2.13			12:59AM 2.58					3:04PM 2.08			11:28PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)						8:20AM -0.27			7:09PM 1.46								5:59PM 1.32				7:55AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	17	20	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	17	20	11	13	12	9	11	9	12	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 W	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	15	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	18	16	16	8	16	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	15	15	16	13	16	17	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-

	Saturday 02						Sunday 03
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	17	8	11	18	16	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	475	700	697	753	823	660	737	735	763	853	796	893	750	453	799	773	607	402	440	461	701	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								12:26AM 2.62												12:36PM 1.44	1:20PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 0.87											6:25AM 0.28	7:06AM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	11	11	12	17	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	11	17	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	18	18	11	11	11	18	18	17	17	11	18	16	18	7	7	7	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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