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

	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 NW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	8	9	9	8	8	16	16	15	14	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	16	10	9	9	15
Energy	952	1201	828	831	1202	595	699	711	665	902	1289	1171	1534	1133	1297	1319	1022	1000	1376	1299	941	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:13PM 2.10	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		9:48PM 2.08	11:12AM 1.27		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
Low Tide / height (m)	2:40PM 0.68	4:38AM -0.48		4:15PM 1.41		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78			4:32PM 1.21		7:08AM -0.71	6:20PM 0.79		7:47AM -0.12	7:24PM 1.30		8:37AM 0.01		9:24PM 0.92	9:54AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	20	14	17	13	17	22	22	16	14	13	20	15	16	20	14	15	11	13	15
Low °C	19	15	15	18	13	14	13	16	20	21	16	14	13	19	13	15	19	12	14	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	20	14	17	12	17	22	22	16	14	12	20	15	16	20	13	14	10	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 SW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	16	8	15	14	14	8	9	9	19	9	10	17	10	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	11	13	13	13	13	16	12	23	21	10	21	19	14	18	18	12	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12				Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Mon
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 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	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	8	8	8	9	9	18	9	18	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	712	952	1009	1071	1201	1352	746	828	727	831	1247	1284	1202	1022	716	595	586	699	566	564	711	711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:34PM 2.89					11:12AM 1.71			10:45PM 2.57					12:08PM 1.77			9:48PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	1:44PM 1.09	2:40PM 0.68				4:30AM -0.41				4:15PM 1.41								4:28PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	16	13	15	12	21	18	18	18	14	13	13	14	20	17	18	13	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	13	14	11	21	18	18	18	14	12	13	14	20	17	18	13	17	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 NNW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 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	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	9	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	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	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	11	14	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	11	13	13	16	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12												Saturday 13
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Fullers 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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.0 S	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	18	18
Energy	515	677	712	653	742	952	748	1015	1009	1043	1607	1071	1722	1632	1201	1201	1282	1352	751	751	746	812
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											9:58PM 2.47											8:58AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)			1:44PM 1.09	2:55PM 0.73														4:30AM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	17	25	19	20	17	16	17	11	13	10	10	15	15	16	12	20	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	17	25	19	20	17	16	17	11	13	10	10	14	14	16	11	20	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	8	9	8	8	8	14	8	14	14	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	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	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	10	19	11	11	14	14	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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