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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.1 S	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 NW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	10	15	8	14	14	9	9	9	9	16	16	15	14	8	21	20	19	19	18	18	9	16
Energy	1225	1006	1833	1018	683	1947	737	961	1356	617	731	747	649	1174	1517	1033	1534	1073	1463	1434	1568	838
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:16AM 1.13	7:34PM 2.22	8:32PM 1.90	8:22AM 1.34		9:58PM 2.47	11:12AM 1.71		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		8:49PM 2.08	11:12AM 1.27		11:34PM 2.16	1:54PM 1.85		10:28PM 2.01		2:56PM 1.49	1:56AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)			3:40AM -0.21	12:49PM 0.93	2:32PM 1.21			3:34PM 0.74		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78	4:18AM -0.51		6:25PM 1.00		6:57AM -0.19	6:20PM 0.79		7:58AM -0.63	7:37PM 0.84	8:06PM 1.39	8:35AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	17	17	17	12	16	13	14	16	12	20	22	16	13	17	14	20	13	14	13	14
Low °C	16	24	16	16	16	11	14	13	12	13	12	19	20	15	12	15	14	20	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	19	24	17	17	17	12	16	12	14	16	11	20	22	16	12	17	14	20	13	14	13	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.4 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	8	14	9	9	9	16	8	15	14	8	9	9	9	19	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	19	13	13	13	9	16	12	23	15	21	13	19	14	18	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11						Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Little River State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 S	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.8 SSW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	16	10	10	15	9	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	18	9	9	8	9	13	9
Energy	1239	1225	1132	1006	2161	1735	1833	1054	1097	1018	686	683	1345	2074	1947	751	1345	737	660	961	585	1545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:16AM 1.13				8:25PM 1.90				8:22AM 1.34				9:58PM 2.47					11:37AM 2.11			10:45PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)								2:02AM 0.24				2:32PM 1.21				2:42AM -0.32				3:34PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	16	24	13	12	16	16	16	17	15	16	13	11	11	20	14	16	19	13	16	12
Chill °C (?)	23	19	15	24	12	11	16	16	16	17	15	16	13	11	11	20	13	16	19	13	16	11
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	16	15	8	10	10	10	8	8	9	14	14	13	9	9	8	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	20	19	18	13	13	13	13	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 11																		Friday 12
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 S	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	10	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy	1309	1268	1239	1417	1310	1225	1225	1445	1132	1126	1070	1006	2182	2169	2161	1131	1808	1735	1590	1482	1833	2136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:16AM 0.15		10:16AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)											3:25PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	23	18	18	19	18	22	16	15	15	24	15	14	13	18	12	12	12	12	16	13
Chill °C (?)	19	20	23	18	18	19	18	22	15	14	14	24	14	13	12	18	12	11	11	11	16	13
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.8 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.1 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	10	15	15	15	15	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	-	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	8	8	8	8	8	9

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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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