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

	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	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	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	3.0 NNW	0.7 SSW	1.5 NW	2.2 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	21	20	20	19	18	17	10	10	15	9	9	14	14	9	18	9	8	16	16	15	24	23
Energy	1345	1339	2143	1362	1623	3165	1839	1615	1529	1910	1386	824	807	1640	828	892	1083	578	709	711	741	713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:04PM 1.76	4:19AM 1.01	6:24AM 1.09	6:31PM 1.97		7:04AM 0.10	6:59PM 1.63		7:14AM 1.30		8:25PM 1.90	10:10AM 1.64		9:58PM 2.47	9:58AM 1.46		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		9:48PM 2.08	1:02PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 0.60	12:13PM 0.33		1:14AM 0.26	12:08PM -0.33		2:02AM 0.00	12:00PM 0.87		3:41AM -0.21					3:34PM 0.74		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78		6:06AM -0.19	5:28PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	13	24	19	23	23	18	16	20	16	18	22	12	19	14	14	17	13	16	15	14
Low °C	17	16	12	23	12	20	23	17	16	19	14	16	21	11	17	14	13	14	13	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	12	24	19	23	23	18	16	20	16	18	22	11	19	14	14	17	12	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:05	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 S	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NW	2.2 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	21	20	10	19	9	9	17	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	13	9	8	16	8	15	15	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 W	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	20	13	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	14	10	11	12	13	13	13	16	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	10	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08				Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thu
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	24	21	23	21	20	20	19	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	896	1345	1101	1120	1339	1533	2157	2143	1398	1362	1525	3174	1623	3160	3127	3165	1856	1839	1668	3485	1615	1477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 1.92			4:19AM 1.01					5:17PM 1.45				7:02AM 1.37				6:59PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18PM 0.31				11:03PM 0.60				11:34AM 0.79				1:14AM 0.26				11:42AM 0.86					2:02AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	17	14	16	16	17	18	12	23	24	19	19	13	17	24	23	19	23	17	24	18	18
Chill °C (?)	8	16	13	16	16	17	18	10	23	24	19	19	13	17	24	23	19	23	17	24	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 W	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	21	8	21	20	20	19	10	19	19	18	8	9	9	9	9	10	17	16	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.1 W	1.3 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	24	14	14	14	14	14	7	20	13	13	7	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	8	-	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	-	-

	Monday 08												Tuesday 09
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Ventura	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s)	24	24	24	24	24	21	23	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20
Energy	934	1085	896	896	959	1345	752	1101	1101	1377	1181	1120	1258	1205	1339	1364	1558	1533	1770	1861	2157	1120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:14PM 1.92									4:19AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	11:29AM 0.20												11:03PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	13	17	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	8	10	11	16	14	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 S	0.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	14	14	7	21	7	8	8	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	24	24	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 W	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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