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

	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	9	17	10	16	15	8	14	8	9	10	9	9	16	8	15	14	21	21	20	19	19	18
Energy	2647	1747	1502	1170	1093	1347	558	1018	2830	984	1014	1489	786	512	732	765	1003	1044	950	1392	1065	1289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:19AM 0.78	6:59PM 1.63		9:13AM 1.19	7:33PM 1.82	8:25PM 1.90	8:32AM 1.17		9:08PM 2.02	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	12:22PM 1.58		12:07AM 3.06	1:54PM 1.85	2:06PM 1.46	10:28PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			2:02AM 0.00			3:41AM -0.21	1:16PM 0.55	2:55PM 0.73	4:30AM -0.41		3:50PM 0.80		5:15AM -0.11	5:11PM 1.43	4:18AM -0.51	5:28AM -0.17	4:27PM 1.20		6:57AM -0.19	6:37PM 0.85		7:47AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	24	18	23	20	14	22	18	12	16	14	13	16	18	19	18	19	14	16	14	19	16
Low °C	15	24	18	17	19	12	20	16	11	13	14	12	13	18	18	17	18	13	14	13	18	14
Chill °C (?)	18	24	18	23	20	13	22	18	12	16	14	13	16	18	19	18	19	14	16	14	19	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 S	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	2.5 NNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	9	17	10	16	10	8	14	14	9	10	9	9	9	8	15	14	14	8	13	19	19	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.2 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	18	16	16	9	15	15	10	20	14	13	13	13	16	16	12	8	21	21	20	9	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	8	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NW	1.5 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 S	1.8 WNW	1.2 S	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	19	18	18	9	16	17	10	16	10	16	10	16	10	15	10	9	8	9	14	14	14	8
Energy	3097	1692	1717	2647	1761	1747	3190	1113	1502	1098	1343	1170	1140	1093	1077	1763	1347	1006	1105	558	742	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:13AM 0.92	8:19AM 0.78			6:53PM 2.08					9:13AM 1.19			7:40PM 2.25	8:25PM 1.90				8:32AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 0.29				11:42AM 0.86													3:35AM 0.27			1:44PM 1.09	2:55PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	18	17	18	20	24	20	18	18	19	19	23	16	19	16	13	13	14	17	22	20	18
Chill °C (?)	6	18	17	18	20	24	20	18	18	19	19	23	16	19	16	13	13	14	17	22	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 S	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.0 S	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	18	9	9	10	17	10	16	10	16	10	16	10	10	10	15	8	9	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.8 W	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 W	1.4 SSW	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.3 S
Period (s)	19	6	18	18	16	16	16	9	16	11	16	9	16	15	15	13	15	15	14	10	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	0.4 SSE	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Wednesday 10
	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	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	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
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	19	19	19	18	18	18	9	9	18	18	18	9	9	17	16	17	16	17	17	16	10	10
Energy	3118	3103	3097	1714	3398	1692	3150	3137	1983	1730	3112	2647	2673	1960	1761	1652	1749	1747	1747	1772	3190	3153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				6:30PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			1:57AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	18	15	18	13	13	20	19	26	18	19	19	20	26	20	24	22	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	8	6	6	18	14	18	12	12	20	19	26	18	19	19	20	26	20	24	22	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 SSW	2.4 NW	1.6 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 S	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	18	9	18	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	17	10	17	17	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 W	1.5 S	0.8 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	19	6	18	6	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	8	-	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	10	-	10	10	-	10	10

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Massachusetts	New-York

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