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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.0 S
Period(s)	10	17	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	24	23	20	20	19	18	9	16	16	10	10	9	14
Energy	1831	1682	3665	1408	1328	1261	1019	671	2517	1051	763	1375	1410	1362	3069	2280	1405	1178	1789	1444	1031	829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:01PM 1.47	1:44AM 1.75		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		4:56PM 1.62	3:56AM 1.07		6:26PM 1.99	4:19AM 1.01	5:30AM 0.94	6:31PM 1.97		8:19AM 0.78	6:30PM 2.05		8:23AM 1.41	7:35PM 2.23	8:48PM 2.76	10:10AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	10:11AM -0.07	7:31PM 1.37	8:23PM 1.39	8:57AM -0.02		9:29PM 0.91	10:39AM 0.10		11:04PM 0.79	11:20AM 0.73		11:03PM 0.60	11:17AM 0.36		1:20AM 0.34			1:04AM 0.11	12:58PM 1.01		4:04AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	18	22	14	14	20	15	14	13	17	19	22	17	15	20	18	20	19	15	18
Low °C	13	14	14	12	20	11	11	20	13	13	13	17	16	22	13	12	20	17	19	18	14	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	18	22	12	13	20	13	14	12	17	19	22	16	14	20	18	20	19	15	18
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	9	8	14	7	20	20	19	8	9	16	16	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 SW	1.0 S
Period (s)	18	17	16	12	12	16	11	15	14	8	14	8	8	13	18	18	16	10	16	15	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	-	-	-	9	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05						Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Exiles CAL - LA County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	17	17	10	10	10	10	9	16	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	3137	1831	2514	1682	1535	3823	3665	3772	1626	1408	377	1328	1026	1879	1261	2546	1066	1019	896	671	825	1334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:01PM 1.47			1:44AM 1.75									2:49AM 1.17				4:56PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		10:11AM -0.07			7:46PM 0.88	8:23PM 1.39				8:57AM -0.02				9:05PM 1.33				10:39AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	18	15	13	16	15	14	15	18	18	20	17	11	12	9	11	14	20	20	17	14
Chill °C (?)	18	15	18	14	13	16	15	14	15	18	18	20	17	8	11	9	11	13	20	20	17	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	16	16	9	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	12	11	12	16	16	16	16	16	11	15	15	26	26
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	2.2 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	10	-	9	-	9	10	10	9	9	-	9	9	10	9	9

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	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	10	10	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	3912	3109	3137	1823	1823	1831	1828	2518	2514	2574	1676	1682	1545	1611	1535	3351	3555	3823	3721	3636	3665	3607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												4:01PM 1.47									1:44AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)				8:17AM -0.09		10:11AM -0.07									7:46PM 0.88	8:23PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	14	15	16	15	15	18	19	15	15	15	15	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	18	14	15	15	14	14	18	19	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.1 SW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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