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

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	2.3 NW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	20	19	19	17	10	10	15	16	9	10	14	13	9	9	8	16	15	15	24	22	8	20
Energy	2111	1362	3067	3165	1874	1520	1538	1422	1424	908	815	729	820	961	1183	705	505	747	965	939	1456	997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:31PM 1.97		7:04AM 0.10	6:59PM 1.63		7:14AM 1.30		8:25PM 1.90	9:38AM 1.48			11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:20PM 1.38		8:49PM 2.08	1:15PM 1.43		12:07AM 3.06	1:54PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	12:13PM 0.33		1:57AM 0.29	12:08PM -0.33		2:02AM 0.00	12:00PM 0.87		3:41AM -0.21	1:54PM 1.11		2:42AM -0.32		3:34PM 0.74		5:29AM -0.64	3:34PM 1.19	4:18AM -0.51	6:19AM -0.72	5:23PM 0.79		6:57AM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	24	15	23	23	18	16	22	15	18	22	20	17	13	14	13	24	19	14	13	15	16
Low °C	12	23	9	21	22	17	16	21	14	18	21	19	14	13	11	13	23	18	14	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	24	13	23	23	18	16	22	15	18	22	20	17	12	14	13	24	19	14	12	15	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.4 NNW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	10	19	10	9	17	10	10	9	9	10	10	13	9	9	8	8	15	15	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.5 SW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	20	13	19	17	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	18	13	13	13	16	12	12	15	15	21	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	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	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.2 S
Period(s)	20	20	19	20	19	19	18	18	19	18	18	17	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	16
Energy	1340	1530	2139	2111	1398	1362	1524	3123	3067	3160	3170	3165	1856	1874	3167	3218	1520	1511	1345	1538	1506	1422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 1.01					5:17PM 1.45				7:02AM 1.37				6:59PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 0.60				11:34AM 0.79				1:57AM 0.29				11:42AM 0.86					2:02AM 0.00			1:03PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	12	23	24	19	19	9	17	24	23	19	22	17	24	18	18	19	16	19	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	10	23	24	19	19	6	17	24	23	19	22	17	24	18	18	19	16	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	20	20	19	10	19	19	18	8	10	9	10	9	10	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	7	20	13	13	7	18	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	8	10	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09
	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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Heavens CAL - LA County	Heavens CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Energy	1258	1205	1340	1363	1557	1530	1767	1843	2139	1842	2142	2111	1226	1398	1398	1398	1395	1362	1323	1243	1524	1523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						4:19AM 1.01													5:35PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 0.60												11:34AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	12	12	21	22	23	23	24	24	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	10	10	21	22	23	23	24	24	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	10	10	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	20	20	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	10	6	6	-	-

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