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

	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	15	11	13	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1989	1768	1492	4191	1460	1956	3220	1436	1638	3313	3272	1451	1224	1709	1557	1156	377	749	290	570	664	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 2.29	12:47PM 1.87		3:27AM 2.30		3:28PM 3.37		9:20AM 2.67	3:18PM 2.24		5:08AM 2.37	4:32PM 2.02		6:31AM 2.41	6:33PM 1.90		6:34AM 2.46		7:20PM 1.81	6:07AM 2.00		9:23PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:24AM 0.95		8:30PM 0.11	8:37AM 1.45		9:20PM 0.32			10:09PM 0.56	11:11AM 1.30		11:43PM 0.41	12:58PM 0.93		11:49PM 0.54		1:28PM 0.96	12:34AM 1.19		1:22PM 0.61	2:24AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	15	2	-	5	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	14	10	16	16	12	20	22	14	15	21	17	20	17	17	16	12	15	12	11	9
Low °C	9	8	13	8	15	15	12	15	21	13	15	18	15	20	16	17	14	11	14	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	14	8	16	16	8	20	22	14	15	21	17	20	17	17	16	11	15	12	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	15	11	13	12	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	-	12	-	12	16	-	15	15	-	15	14	13	13	12	12	5	16	15	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Turtles Washington
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	11	13	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	12	11
Energy(?)	538	516	531	513	592	3134	880	3160	1658	1657	1631	1779	4192	4511	4733	1521	1956	2688	2613	1249	1417	3380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:34AM 2.29								3:27AM 2.30	4:11AM 2.25			2:14PM 2.10				3:32AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		7:25PM -0.44				8:37AM 1.73				8:30PM 0.11				9:24AM 1.13				9:20PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	13	13	16	12	12	9	16	11	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	15	15	14	14	18	19	10
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	12	12	6	16	10	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	15	15	14	14	18	19	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	11	13	11	-	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	6	11	13	14	12	-	12	12	12	12	6	18	9	16	16	12	12	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	1.7 S	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07							Monday 08
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Turtles Washington
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	10	10	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	529	570	663	510	482	1540	438	813	470	472	518	513	1255	2398	2673	402	721	743	742	263	263	3619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)											2:34AM 2.29									11:56AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			6:38PM -0.05	7:40PM -0.08				11:25PM -0.73								7:31AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	13	17	12	12	9	13	10	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	13	13	14	15	20	21	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	12	11	7	13	8	11	11	11	12	11	8	8	13	13	14	15	20	21	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	12	10	10	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	13	10	6	13	13	15	13	14	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8

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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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