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

	Mon	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	14	12	15	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	7	8	9	8	9	17	8	9	13	9	12
Energy	725	539	575	284	613	418	773	666	496	274	259	690	787	462	1220	1588	804	1083	1068	1494	864	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 2.08		2:51PM 1.36	12:44AM 1.46		5:40PM 1.16	10:59PM 1.88		5:51PM 1.51	2:16AM 1.76		7:21PM 1.69			5:36PM 1.15		5:35AM 1.24	7:45PM 1.34		8:09AM 1.70		8:57PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 1.07	8:27AM -0.14	5:27PM 1.31		8:07AM -0.04			7:06AM 0.60		8:39PM 1.47	10:30AM 0.51		12:09AM 1.16	10:33AM 0.13		12:45AM 0.96	12:35PM 0.10		12:57AM 1.16		2:35PM 0.28	3:21AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	15	16	11	16	11	12	19	15	18	21	16	24	20	13	17	15	12	17	19	15
Low °C	11	17	15	15	10	16	8	11	18	10	12	21	11	20	19	13	16	15	12	14	19	12
Chill °C (?)	11	16	14	15	10	15	9	11	19	15	18	21	16	24	20	11	17	13	9	17	19	15
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	14	12	15	13	11	12	12	12	11	11	17	8	9	16	18	9	18	15	13	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	5	16	14	8	7	14	13	13	13	18	16	15	14	17	14	18	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	-	6	-	7	6	5	6	7	8	-	8	9	-	8	9	-	-	12

	Mon		Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	14	16	14	12	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy	1001	1003	1085	600	568	565	591	652	543	517	585	548	778	286	235	528	791	888	662	841	843	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 1.98				11:51AM 1.30				12:43AM 1.92	2:57AM 2.16			11:39AM 0.97	4:41PM 1.43			1:25AM 1.84	3:39AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)					7:23AM -0.09	9:40AM -0.12		3:44PM 1.08	6:33PM 1.38									8:22PM 0.93				10:48AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	12	12	17	17	14	13	13	8	10	16	26	11	10	10	14	8	8	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	11	12	11	16	16	13	12	12	8	9	16	26	9	8	9	13	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	12	12	11	14	16	14	12	13	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	8	16	16	14	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	6	10	7	14	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	3	5	5	3	4	4	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	5	-	-	-

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	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	16	16	13	13	13	12	12	17	15	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy	1007	1036	958	568	562	665	612	606	848	839	878	657	657	323	332	461	797	807	718	546	524	438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		6:55PM 0.83												6:38AM -0.04		8:51AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	14	13	13	11	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	16	23	12	13	13	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	15	23	12	12	12	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	16	16	13	13	13	12	12	17	15	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	16	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	9	9	14	10	16	17	17	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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