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

	Thu	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	12	14	11	14	14	13	13	9	14	10	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	730	1178	875	933	742	924	1071	628	283	377	266	362	278	193	207	679	926	512	2407	3801	4021	1617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:21AM 2.44		2:28PM 1.77	2:46AM 1.86		4:02PM 1.94		4:33AM 2.58	5:20PM 1.73		4:33AM 2.59	5:26PM 1.27		4:24AM 2.10		8:38PM 1.68	5:20AM 1.84		8:19PM 1.42	5:23AM 2.17		7:37PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51AM 0.63		8:09PM 0.35	9:05AM 0.52		9:51PM 0.59	11:23AM 0.51		10:34PM 0.84	11:51AM 0.73		10:02PM 0.79	12:18PM 0.42		12:40AM 1.23	1:00PM -0.13		11:51PM 1.25	12:58PM 0.10	2:11PM 0.08	11:57PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	10	12	12	10	14	15	14	15	18	16	12	9	14	14	13	13	17	11	12	12	13
Low °C	6	7	10	12	4	14	14	14	13	18	15	10	8	12	12	12	12	14	11	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	5	9	11	11	10	14	14	13	15	18	16	11	7	13	13	12	13	16	11	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 NW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	15	8	14	14	15	14	12	14	11	14	14	13	8	9	10	10	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	14	11	12	13	8	12	8	15	11	16	10	9	6	13	15	14	15	13	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 NW	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	2	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	8	8	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	13	14
Energy(?)	665	1145	1136	1117	1012	1178	875	1131	1084	1055	1013	1111	1043	1000	598	643	556	520	685	770	511	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:15AM 1.79				3:00PM 2.16				2:02AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		8:17PM 0.01				9:18AM 0.79				9:15PM 0.34				8:26AM 0.93				7:26PM 0.44				7:49AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	8	8	9	9	7	10	10	6	4	9	12	9	15	16	10	14	12	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	5	8	8	7	9	6	9	9	4	1	8	12	8	15	16	9	14	11	14	14	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	8	8	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	10	13	14	14	14	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	5	19	18	13	13	14	12	14	13	13	7	8	8	8	14	13	7	7	8	15	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	18	14	14	13	14	13	14	12	17	12
Energy(?)	648	1004	1067	898	938	680	741	659	730	723	745	742	921	652	487	893	447	442	778	548	758	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											2:36AM 2.41										12:44PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)				7:36PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	9	10	11	6	6	6	6	6	8	12	10	12	10	6	11	12	13	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	8	11	5	5	5	6	5	7	11	10	12	10	4	11	12	13	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	20	15	15	15	14	18	18	18	18	17	13	9	13	14	14	16	14	13	14	16	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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