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

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	9	17	16	15	14	13	14	13	15	12	15	13	11	12	11	12	16	7	8	18	19
Energy	561	667	781	1045	1250	894	1009	1205	689	331	637	372	766	479	650	498	1100	302	412	857	318	933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 1.16		12:08AM 1.51			1:00AM 2.60		3:40PM 2.84	2:20AM 2.24		4:37PM 1.70	3:44AM 2.74		5:58PM 1.48	2:52AM 2.33		5:53PM 1.67	4:21AM 1.94		6:43PM 1.72	4:44AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		6:41PM 0.74		7:34AM -0.23	4:40PM 1.18		7:46AM -0.19		8:31PM 1.03	9:37AM -0.16		9:26PM 1.30	10:26AM 0.71		9:11PM 1.67	10:29AM 0.59		10:41PM 1.17	11:19AM 0.66		11:25PM 1.07	12:10PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	17	14	12	11	14	12	26	15	17	14	18	11	9	21	24	29	22	14	17
Low °C	11	13	14	16	13	11	11	13	12	24	15	14	11	18	10	9	20	24	23	21	12	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	17	13	11	10	13	11	26	14	16	13	18	11	8	21	24	29	22	12	16
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	15	14	13	14	13	15	12	15	13	14	12	11	14	16	10	17	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	17	16	8	8	9	16	16	10	15	13	16	14	14	7	18	13	13	13	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	5	-	11	-	-	12	5	7	8	5	-

	Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	8	8	8	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1540	1302	1072	421	364	661	739	1345	841	865	1052	1085	1479	1167	1132	1528	1487	1349	1400	1057	985	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:42PM 1.53				11:46AM 1.50				1:16AM 2.37					3:34PM 1.64			1:43AM 2.29					3:00PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			7:01AM -0.16				5:50PM 0.70					8:26AM -0.32			7:09PM 1.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	11	15	13	11	19	12	12	14	22	15	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	10	14	13	9	19	12	12	14	22	15	12	11	11	9	9	10	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	17	18	16	16	16	18	8	8	17	8	8	15	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 02
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	8	8	8	12	9	12	12	8	12	12	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	855	788	1540	459	483	529	750	361	595	595	643	494	375	499	684	631	681	678	734	450	940	856
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:42PM 1.53														1:34PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)									7:44AM -0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	11	12	10	11	15	9	10	12	14	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	15	7	8	11	14	15	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	12	8	8	12	13	7	12	8	12	12	9	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	8	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	7	14	12	13	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	20	20	12	20	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	-	2.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	9	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	9	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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