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

	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	3.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	10	15	10	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	16	16	15	14	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	9
Energy	1399	1412	1008	1107	686	756	1862	766	993	1213	632	718	767	678	903	1204	993	1498	1060	1107	1253	1684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:14AM 1.30		8:11PM 2.40	9:48AM 1.03		9:58PM 2.47	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	11:12AM 1.27		12:07AM 3.06	1:54PM 1.85		10:28PM 2.01		2:44PM 1.90	1:56AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	2:02AM 0.00	12:00PM 0.87	3:25PM 0.61	3:35AM 0.27	1:59PM 0.69	2:55PM 0.73			3:34PM 0.74		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78	4:18AM -0.51		4:32PM 1.21		6:57AM -0.19	6:20PM 0.79		7:47AM -0.12	7:24PM 1.30	8:06PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	17	18	15	16	11	17	14	14	17	13	20	22	21	16	17	14	21	16	17	14
Low °C	19	15	15	13	14	14	11	14	13	13	14	13	19	20	20	15	15	14	20	14	17	13
Chill °C (?)	20	14	16	17	15	16	10	17	14	14	17	12	20	22	21	16	17	14	21	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	8	14	9	9	9	16	8	15	14	14	8	9	9	19	18	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	14	14	19	13	13	13	9	16	12	23	21	21	13	19	14	9	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	16	15	10	10	9	8	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	18	9
Energy	2700	1386	1399	1322	1098	1412	1132	1008	2197	1764	1107	1086	741	686	677	756	725	1223	1862	1403	629	766
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:59PM 1.63				6:58AM 1.01					8:25PM 1.90				9:48AM 1.03				9:34PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)				2:02AM 0.00				3:25PM 0.61				2:02AM 0.24				2:55PM 0.73				4:30AM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	20	19	19	15	17	15	13	12	13	16	15	15	14	16	18	13	11	10	15	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	19	14	16	15	12	11	13	16	15	15	14	16	18	13	11	8	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 S	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	2.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	16	15	9	10	10	10	8	8	14	9	14	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	11	15	16	16	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	19	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	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	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	17	16	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	16	10	10	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	10	10
Energy	1644	1597	2700	2692	2649	1386	1113	1118	1399	1399	1116	1322	1309	1239	1098	1417	1360	1412	1401	1114	1132	1126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 0.80														8:16AM 0.15
Low Tide / height (m)										2:02AM 0.00									12:00PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	19	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	18	19	15	15	21	17	16
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	18	19	14	14	21	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	17	16	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	16	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	16	16	10	16	16	16	11	16	16	15	15	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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