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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	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			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	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	8	8	15	15	14	13	14	13	14	12	15	14	14	13	12	13	7	18
Energy	126	693	698	388	648	743	852	1232	1463	1064	1088	586	516	637	252	624	983	440	627	1428	354	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:40AM 1.60		10:40PM 2.12	11:35AM 1.50		10:52PM 1.61	12:37PM 0.94	2:18PM 2.13	11:31PM 2.05		3:01PM 1.54	1:33AM 1.97		4:21PM 2.75	2:57AM 2.16		5:29PM 1.66	3:47AM 2.19			4:30AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 1.02		5:03AM 0.27	5:49PM 0.70		6:08AM -0.13	7:09PM 1.46		8:13AM 0.35	7:45PM 0.97		8:28AM -0.14		9:09PM 1.10	10:21AM -0.08		10:02PM 1.18	11:11AM 0.83		10:54PM 1.18	11:19AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	11	11	13	16	20	14	12	11	15	13	17	15	17	13	12	11	15	22	17	27
Low °C	15	17	10	11	13	13	17	14	11	11	15	10	17	15	14	10	12	10	12	20	16	25
Chill °C (?)	18	18	9	11	12	15	20	13	12	11	14	12	16	14	16	12	11	9	15	22	16	27
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.2 WSW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	7	8	8	8	15	15	14	13	14	13	14	12	15	14	14	13	12	14	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.1 S	1.3 NW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	16	18	8	18	15	16	16	15	15	13	11	8	14	7	18	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	5	3	4	-	-	5	-	13	7	6

	Friday 01						Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	9	13	9	13	12	13	13	12	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1255	475	406	323	519	1093	1046	678	743	548	409	409	711	1391	841	867	1052	1208	1479	906	1426	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:59AM 1.55	11:49AM 1.62			10:26PM 1.63					1:35PM 1.63				1:16AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	5:08AM 0.31			3:40PM 1.00	5:17PM 0.61				5:46AM 0.27				5:50PM 0.70					8:20AM -0.27			7:56PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	19	19	12	12	11	10	14	12	11	11	11	17	11	11	13	17	14	21	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	19	19	12	12	11	10	13	12	9	9	9	17	11	11	13	17	14	21	12	11
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:43	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	9	13	12	13	13	7	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.1 SW	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	11	12	11	17	18	16	16	8	18	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01																		Saturday 02
	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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.3 NW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	13	8	9	8	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	12	12
Energy	773	502	385	136	449	430	430	675	714	684	485	496	1035	458	664	667	697	528	504	339	730	698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)							11:13AM 1.07	12:50PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	5:08AM 0.31												5:18PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	11	16	14	18	18	13	17	12	11	11	11	13	10	10	9	10	14	14	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	16	14	18	18	11	16	10	8	8	8	12	8	8	7	9	14	14	8	9
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	13	8	9	8	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	7	12	12	12	12	8	11	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	12	13	13	13	7	12	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	9	7	7	7	8	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	-

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