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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	18	8	8	16	16	15	24	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	9	10	10	15	18	10	16
Energy	686	862	1145	595	699	711	741	902	1267	1158	1322	1152	1290	1319	1003	1237	1451	1331	564	870	1008	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		9:48PM 2.08	1:02PM 1.82		12:07AM 3.06			10:28PM 2.01		2:44PM 1.90	11:29PM 2.33		3:35PM 1.44	3:08AM 2.16		4:22PM 2.00	3:56AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		3:34PM 0.74		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78		6:06AM -0.19	4:32PM 1.21		7:08AM -0.71	6:20PM 1.31		7:47AM -0.12	7:24PM 1.30		9:06AM 0.02		9:24PM 0.92	9:20AM -0.22		10:21PM 1.29	9:01AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	18	14	16	18	22	16	14	17	20	15	16	20	16	15	11	15	15	12	21
Low °C	14	13	14	15	13	16	16	21	16	14	17	19	13	16	18	14	14	10	13	15	10	18
Chill °C (?)	17	14	14	18	13	16	18	22	16	14	17	20	15	16	20	15	14	10	14	14	11	21
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NNW	0.8 SW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	8	15	15	14	8	9	19	19	9	10	17	9	10	10	15	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	12	12	21	21	21	9	14	18	18	12	16	16	16	10	14	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	8	13	18	18	18	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	24	24	24	21
Energy	1431	546	617	686	671	862	1089	1205	1145	1022	716	595	586	699	566	652	711	821	534	741	711	902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					11:12AM 1.71			10:45PM 2.57					12:08PM 1.77			8:49PM 2.08					1:15PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM -0.42				3:34PM 0.74								4:28PM 0.78				4:18AM -0.51	6:36AM -0.20			4:32PM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	15	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	20	18	18	13	16	20	16	19	17	18	14	21
Chill °C (?)	10	13	15	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	20	18	18	13	16	20	16	19	17	18	14	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	11	13	13	16	12	12	12	24	10	12	8	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	8	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	8	13	8	18	16	8	8
Energy	1604	1510	1431	1431	1175	546	544	604	617	617	686	686	690	695	671	621	708	862	881	862	1089	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													11:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)																	3:27PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	15	17	16	17	17	17	17	19	17	14	14	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	15	17	16	17	17	17	17	19	17	14	14	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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