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

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 NW	1.0 SW	2.3 NW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	14	8	9	9	9	8	16	16	15	24	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	9	16	10	15
Energy	558	963	1343	766	877	1220	595	726	711	741	685	1357	1140	1460	1143	1230	1443	1005	1294	991	1342	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 1.17		9:08PM 2.02	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		9:48PM 2.08	1:02PM 1.82		11:34PM 2.16			10:28PM 2.01		2:56PM 1.49	12:36AM 2.26		3:34PM 1.95	2:54AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:16PM 0.55	2:40PM 0.68	4:30AM -0.41		3:34PM 0.74		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78		6:06AM -0.19	4:55PM 1.26		7:08AM -0.71	6:20PM 0.79		7:47AM -0.12	7:37PM 0.84		9:06AM 0.02		9:11PM 1.35	9:24AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	12	18	14	13	16	12	17	16	19	13	14	14	20	15	14	16	16	14	13	14
Low °C	20	18	11	15	14	13	13	12	16	14	18	12	14	13	20	13	13	13	14	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	22	19	12	18	14	13	16	11	17	16	19	13	14	14	20	15	14	16	16	13	13	13
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SW	2.2 NW	1.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	14	8	9	9	9	8	16	8	15	15	14	8	9	9	19	9	10	17	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	13	13	13	9	16	12	12	10	21	21	19	14	18	18	9	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12						Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	8	14	14	8	8	8	9	9	18	9	18	9	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy	1073	558	567	963	1095	1071	1343	1352	746	766	716	877	1189	1205	1220	1022	716	595	589	726	566	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 1.17				9:34PM 2.89					11:12AM 1.71			10:45PM 2.57					12:08PM 1.77			9:48PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			1:16PM 0.55	2:40PM 0.68				4:30AM -0.41				3:34PM 0.74								4:28PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	22	22	18	17	13	11	11	21	18	17	14	13	13	13	13	20	16	17	12	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	22	22	18	17	13	11	10	21	18	17	14	13	12	13	13	20	16	17	12	17	16
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	14	8	8	8	9	9	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	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 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	11	9	9	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12																		Saturday 13
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.0 S	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Energy	1054	1097	1073	1095	702	558	573	681	567	553	718	963	748	1088	1095	1132	1647	1071	1700	1394	1343	1325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)				8:22AM 1.34	9:48AM 1.03												9:58PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)									1:16PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	16	15	22	22	17	22	22	20	18	20	18	17	17	11	13	10	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	16	15	22	22	17	22	22	20	18	20	18	17	17	11	13	10	11	11	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	8	8	8	14	8	14	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	14	10	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	11	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	9

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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