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

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	8	14	8	9	9	8	8	16	16	15	15	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	9
Energy	1080	558	1009	1169	742	831	1145	595	726	787	738	904	1237	1134	1485	1067	1035	1482	1000	1000	1056	1379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:13PM 2.35	8:32AM 1.17		9:15PM 2.02	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	12:27PM 1.60		12:07AM 3.06		2:06PM 1.36	10:28PM 2.01		2:56PM 1.49	11:29PM 2.33		3:44PM 1.53	2:54AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	4:27AM -0.19	1:16PM 0.55	2:40PM 0.68	4:29AM -0.41		4:15PM 1.41		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78	4:18AM -0.51	5:32AM -0.17	4:32PM 1.21		7:08AM -0.71	6:19PM 0.79		7:46AM -0.12	7:37PM 0.84		8:37AM 0.01		9:11PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	22	20	17	17	20	14	16	12	20	22	22	17	14	18	20	16	14	20	13	12	12
Low °C	10	20	20	14	16	18	13	13	12	19	19	20	16	14	18	19	13	14	19	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	22	20	17	17	20	14	16	11	20	22	22	17	14	18	20	16	14	20	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 SW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	10	14	8	9	9	8	8	16	8	15	15	14	8	9	9	19	9	10	17	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	12	7	21	10	21	19	14	18	18	12	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	9	18	9	18	8	8	8	8	8	16	16
Energy	1993	1605	1080	749	1097	558	567	1009	1095	2020	1169	1450	746	742	701	831	1189	1284	1145	1022	594	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 1.90				8:32AM 1.17				9:58PM 2.47					11:12AM 1.71			10:45PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)							1:16PM 0.55	2:40PM 0.68				4:30AM -0.41				4:15PM 1.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	10	18	16	22	22	20	17	10	14	12	21	17	17	18	14	13	14	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	18	16	22	22	20	17	10	14	11	21	17	17	18	14	12	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	10	14	10	14	14	8	8	14	9	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	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	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	13	15	12	14	10	10	14	14	20	14	14	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1983	2033	1993	1985	1757	1605	1547	1482	1080	2126	1936	749	1054	1097	1097	1095	1085	558	573	709	567	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:25PM 1.90												8:22AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)											3:41AM -0.21										1:16PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	14	13	18	16	16	16	16	17	22	22	18	22	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	12	18	16	16	16	16	17	22	22	18	22	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.2 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	10	9	8	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	12	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	9	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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