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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	La Push Washington	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.7 W	0.8 S	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NNW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	11	18	12	11	14	10	10	11	11	7	10	9	15	9	15	16	14	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	602	786	576	1252	429	645	969	1309	1622	1455	525	632	664	200	312	621	515	491	829	342	306	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:28PM 2.18	2:18AM 2.83		4:25PM 1.19	1:56AM 2.13		5:03PM 1.48	4:18AM 2.52			1:19AM 1.24		6:50PM 1.67		5:31AM 1.77	7:08PM 0.48	1:46AM 2.42	8:18AM 2.19		9:27PM 2.45	8:04AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 1.42	9:39AM 0.11			10:17AM -0.31		10:28PM 1.58	11:42AM -0.19			12:00PM 0.33		12:00AM 1.17	12:33PM 0.39				3:39PM 0.24	3:39AM 1.04		3:33PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	25	16	13	11	15	10	11	11	11	12	15	11	13	11	11	11	12	11	15	12
Low °C	16	10	22	16	11	9	15	9	9	11	10	8	15	9	10	11	9	9	11	8	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	9	25	15	12	10	14	8	10	10	8	11	14	11	12	10	11	10	10	10	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.7 W	0.8 S	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 S	1.9 NW	2.1 NNW	2.3 NW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NNW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	11	18	12	11	8	18	10	11	11	13	10	11	9	9	9	16	14	13	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	13	13	12	6	14	15	13	13	12	16	12	16	11	13	15	8	8	8	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	-	4	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	7	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	2

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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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	17	17	11	11	11	11	10	12	14	11	14	10	13
Energy(?)	1605	1357	1165	1559	1444	1017	1094	537	540	560	555	1008	1175	1037	1031	703	812	719	2157	1017	1084	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:28PM 2.18			12:57AM 2.24								1:22AM 2.09						6:05PM 1.94			4:18AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)								9:39AM 0.11		3:31PM 0.90						8:54AM -1.03				10:29PM 1.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	1	8	1	6	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	13	11	14	11	11	27	24	12	13	12	12	14	10	11	8	8	11	8
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	10	13	10	13	10	11	27	24	12	12	10	11	13	9	11	8	8	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	17	17	11	11	11	11	10	12	8	11	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	18	18	12	14	12	7	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

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	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	0.9 NW	2.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	15	12	8	12	12	14	14	13	15	14	14	13	10	11	9	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1476	1605	1605	2018	599	1815	124	1184	1184	459	600	1167	607	869	869	737	69	641	187	554	861	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)											9:48PM 1.75			12:22AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	11	11	13	16	13	16	11	11	22	22	14	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	13	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	12	14	12	15	10	9	22	22	14	13	13	12	12	10	9	8	10	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	0.9 NW	2.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	15	12	8	12	12	14	14	13	8	14	14	13	8	11	9	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	19	19	6	15	7	7	6	10	6	8	6	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	5	6	4	-	-	4	4	-	3	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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