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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	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	14	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	10	8	10	9
Energy(?)	566	1138	2831	1873	1484	1238	802	670	513	293	285	262	216	170	327	497	310	490	784	362	860	1227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:16AM 2.55		10:33PM 1.99	9:23AM 2.61		10:50PM 1.98	9:47AM 2.38		11:47PM 2.27	11:13AM 2.63		12:19AM 2.38	12:01PM 2.56		12:42AM 2.36	12:46PM 2.44		1:19AM 2.50		1:31PM 2.28	1:48AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 1.04		3:40PM -0.16	3:27AM 1.09		4:30PM -0.22			5:13PM -0.22		5:16AM 0.70	5:51PM -0.16		6:02AM 0.53	6:15PM -0.07		6:45AM 0.40	6:59PM 0.12		7:27AM 0.30		7:31PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-
High °C	7	16	10	7	11	11	8	13	11	13	13	17	13	17	17	13	20	9	7	17	14	15
Low °C	6	14	8	5	9	9	7	12	11	11	12	14	11	15	13	11	18	7	6	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	6	15	8	5	10	10	7	12	11	12	13	17	13	17	16	11	20	6	7	17	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	12	6	7	12	10	8	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	14	14	13	13	12	16	17	15	12	-	12	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	7	7	7	-	-	10	-

	Thu		Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	528	513	566	822	1298	1740	2277	3066	2350	2258	1873	1723	1454	1272	1093	1073	1223	1041	802	724	589	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:46PM 1.84				8:16AM 2.55					10:33PM 1.99			9:23AM 2.61					11:12PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)				2:13AM 1.23				3:09PM -0.17				3:27AM 1.09					4:30PM -0.22				4:26AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	7	6	6	8	13	15	8	7	6	5	5	9	11	12	9	8	7	7	8	10
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	4	4	7	12	13	5	5	3	2	4	8	11	12	7	7	6	6	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	8	9	18	8	8	8	12	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 26							Friday 27
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	515	430	470	503	507	513	431	300	566	606	744	822	936	1143	879	770	1519	1740	2025	2441	2799	2761
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						9:46PM 1.84											8:16AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)											2:13AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	10	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	7	9	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	8	8	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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