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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7 day 48 hour

	Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Mon
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Celestino Sinaloa	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	3.5 NNW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	18	10	19	18	16	9	15	15	15	15	9	10	14	7	14	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	351	2108	490	1004	375	418	457	778	339	505	249	456	561	348	269	126	156	390	154	389	532	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 2.33	2:44AM 2.37	11:55AM 1.37	4:10PM 2.43	3:57AM 1.76		4:28PM 1.67	4:26AM 1.23	1:23PM 1.44	5:16PM 1.76			6:38PM 2.26		5:33AM 0.88	5:00PM 1.71		9:38AM 1.43	5:30PM 2.16		8:11AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10AM -0.20		9:07PM 1.29	5:16AM 0.34		10:25PM 0.70	10:26AM 0.14		10:47PM 0.51	6:20AM 0.64		12:01AM 0.33	6:59AM 0.80		11:38PM 0.26	10:00AM 0.65		12:59AM 0.35			12:38AM 0.19	12:29PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	15	28	17	20	15	18	16	29	30	21	29	16	13	27	16	21	15	28	22	13	17
Low °C	28	14	27	14	19	15	17	15	27	28	20	26	14	13	26	14	19	12	25	22	11	13
Chill °C (?)	29	14	28	17	20	14	18	16	29	30	21	29	16	12	27	16	21	13	28	22	11	16
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	3.5 NNW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	18	10	19	10	16	9	15	15	15	15	9	10	14	7	14	14	13	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	14	13	15	14	18	12	15	18	5	12	9	15	14	8	9	9	10	9	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	10	5	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	8	8	7

	Monday 14						Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	3.5 NW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	9	17	9	18	18	18	17	8	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1184	1005	1281	292	2406	2977	2977	1259	1378	540	906	783	665	865	329	418	443	498	523	446	662	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)								2:11AM 1.60				3:58PM 1.58			12:43AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50AM 0.33		4:35PM 0.76		9:24PM 0.84							5:34PM 0.76	10:25PM 0.70			7:29AM 0.17				6:50PM 0.74	8:28PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	16	19	30	16	12	12	11	12	30	18	16	29	12	17	17	18	15	17	19	29	17
Chill °C (?)	12	16	19	30	16	12	11	11	12	30	18	16	29	12	17	17	18	15	16	19	29	17
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:07	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	14	10	16	16	10	10	18	10	9	17	9	18	18	18	10	8	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	19	16	13	13	16	15	13	15	15	13	20	13	13	13	17	14	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	10	10	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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