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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	18	17	16	16	15	9	10	14	9	10	18	9	16	16	15	14	21	21	20	19	19	18
Energy	3112	1747	1118	1302	1093	1107	524	733	1441	974	915	1607	755	848	732	646	930	1213	1004	1312	1085	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:59PM 1.63		8:23AM 0.99	7:33PM 1.82	8:11PM 2.40	9:57AM 1.16		9:08PM 2.02	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	11:12AM 1.27		12:07AM 3.06	1:54PM 1.85	2:06PM 1.36	11:41PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)	12:09PM 0.90		1:04AM 0.11	1:13PM 0.64		3:35AM 0.27			4:30AM -0.41		3:27PM 1.27		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78	4:18AM -0.51		4:32PM 1.21		6:57AM -0.19	6:19PM 0.79		7:47AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	24	19	20	20	18	17	19	12	16	16	13	16	13	20	21	20	16	18	20	21	15
Low °C	24	23	18	19	20	13	15	19	11	14	16	12	14	13	18	19	20	15	15	19	19	13
Chill °C (?)	27	24	19	20	20	18	17	19	12	16	16	13	16	12	20	21	20	16	18	20	21	15
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	2.5 NNW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	17	16	10	10	9	10	14	9	10	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	8	9	19	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.2 W	0.6 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	18	16	9	16	15	15	14	10	14	13	13	13	16	16	12	23	21	21	13	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Wednesday 10						Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.2 S	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	17	18	16	17	10	10	16	16	10	16	10	15	9	9	9	14	14	10	14	14	8	9
Energy	1664	3112	1775	1747	3298	3223	1118	1122	1343	1302	1140	1093	2270	1794	1107	1138	1105	524	720	733	1095	1438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:45AM 0.99				6:53PM 2.08					8:23AM 0.99				8:25PM 1.90				9:57AM 1.16				9:08PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			11:42AM 0.86				1:04AM 0.11									2:02AM 0.24			1:44PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	27	20	23	20	21	19	19	19	20	16	20	14	12	13	17	17	17	20	19	16	11
Chill °C (?)	19	27	20	23	20	21	19	19	19	20	16	20	13	12	13	17	17	17	20	19	16	11
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	10	10	17	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	10	16	15	9	10	10	10	14	14	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	18	16	16	16	16	9	11	16	16	16	15	13	13	15	14	14	14	9	10	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	9	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Wednesday 10																		Thursday 11
	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	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.1 WNW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	17	18	18	18	9	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16
Energy	3150	3137	1664	1730	3112	3112	1557	1960	1775	1762	1957	1747	1747	1772	3298	3193	3056	3223	3156	3123	1118	1124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)														6:30PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:04AM 0.11
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	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	19	19	27	27	18	19	20	20	30	23	21	19	20	20	20	21	21	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	11	12	19	19	27	27	18	19	20	20	30	23	21	19	20	20	20	21	21	19	19	19
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	17	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 W	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	18	18	6	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-

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