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

	Tue		Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Beacons CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.4 NW	0.7 S	1.2 S	0.7 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	10	10	12	12	12	11	18	18	11	18	15	12	14	14	11	12	7	6	8
Energy(?)	341	205	353	598	2209	2852	3406	2112	1409	970	897	788	499	641	419	865	510	387	919	297	306	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:03PM 1.63	12:08PM 2.40		8:20PM 1.68	8:48AM 1.52		9:25PM 2.16			8:55PM 1.71		3:14PM 3.05	1:13AM 2.32		3:11PM 2.10	12:46AM 1.48		4:45PM 1.70	1:20AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	4:53PM 0.62	2:14AM 0.32	6:01AM 0.67	2:16PM 0.40	2:40AM 0.25		2:33PM 0.48	3:56AM 0.31	8:15AM -0.07	2:49PM 0.56	3:33AM 0.23	8:50AM -0.09			8:36AM 0.48			9:16AM 0.03			9:46AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	19	27	6	9	9	11	12	15	25	17	19	19	21	17	28	21	15	13	15	20	17
Low °C	27	18	25	6	8	9	10	10	15	24	16	17	19	17	13	27	18	13	13	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	28	19	27	3	6	8	8	10	14	25	16	19	19	21	17	28	21	15	12	13	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSE	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 SW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.4 NW	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 WNW	0.9 S	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	7	10	12	12	12	11	18	18	11	18	15	8	14	14	11	15	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	7	13	13	15	15	10	10	12	18	16	11	9	21	6	7	12	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.4 W	1.0 NW	-	0.6 W	1.1 NW	-	1.4 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	3	5	10	-	-	12	-	-	6	7	-	10	5	-	6	6	-	12	-	6	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Westport-The Corner Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	2.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	16	16	16	15	15	8	14	14	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	243	341	241	330	329	376	369	265	849	311	294	748	1571	3182	3549	3617	735	2271	2303	3230	5424	4175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:03PM 1.63				8:59AM 1.95	1:38PM 2.86				1:24AM 3.49				11:55AM 1.23				12:13AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			5:31PM 0.68			2:14AM 0.32				2:16PM 0.40					6:41AM 0.54				7:24PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	28	10	24	25	23	25	18	8	26	23	6	6	7	8	10	17	10	9	10	7	10
Chill °C (?)	14	28	10	24	25	23	25	18	8	26	23	4	6	4	8	10	16	8	9	9	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 SSE	0.8 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.5 W	1.7 W	2.4 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	16	8	16	16	16	15	15	11	14	14	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	9	14	9	9	9	10	9	15	10	10	8	9	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.6 W	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	2	4	-	5	5	5	5	3	8	5	5	-	10	11	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	11

	Tuesday 31												Wednesday 01
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Westport-The Corner Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	16	8	16	16	16	16	16	12	16	16	13	12	14	13	13	14	14	6	14	13	14
Energy(?)	229	342	283	334	330	341	340	202	128	322	322	131	234	194	201	202	130	145	420	146	235	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)										8:03PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	27	13	28	28	28	28	19	9	25	25	8	7	11	9	9	14	9	8	13	11	15
Chill °C (?)	14	27	12	28	28	28	28	19	6	25	25	4	3	11	8	8	14	6	4	12	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	16	8	16	16	16	16	16	7	16	16	7	12	14	7	7	14	14	13	14	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	7	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 S	1.9 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	3	3	6	3	-	3

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