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 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 S	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	9	10	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	11	12	18	11	11	16
Energy(?)	818	3078	700	685	605	1577	1405	1325	514	492	960	1327	991	969	1599	1116	1515	1355	763	1018	1047	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:21PM 1.18		12:17AM 1.48			12:42AM 1.48		2:20PM 1.38	1:15AM 1.85		5:05PM 1.59	3:58AM 2.19		6:17PM 1.01	3:53AM 1.49	4:51AM 2.11		7:21PM 1.17	4:47AM 1.63		8:08PM 1.48	6:58AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		5:49PM 0.46		6:57AM 0.63	4:41PM 0.88		7:34AM 0.24	6:41PM 1.15		8:28AM 0.72		9:36PM 1.11	10:34AM 0.33		8:50PM 0.94	12:46PM 0.38		10:24PM 1.11	12:50PM 0.27	1:32PM 0.37	11:35PM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	10	16	21	9	11	19	13	19	15	6	14	14	6	18	21	19	26	16	17	23
Low °C	14	14	9	16	15	9	11	12	11	17	12	5	14	9	6	16	19	18	25	13	15	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	9	16	21	7	10	19	13	19	13	4	13	12	4	18	21	19	26	15	17	23
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	0.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.1 SW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	15	13	12	16	9	10	15	11	10	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 NW	0.2 S	1.0 W	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	16	16	12	11	12	11	16	11	11	18	20	20	19	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	12	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	13	13	13	13	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1293	1114	1013	1667	1634	1994	1872	1215	1111	1023	744	747	1038	716	1306	1666	3157	3333	3458	1274	695	1646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:54PM 1.48				10:44AM 1.55				12:08AM 1.93					1:54PM 1.23				1:42AM 1.80				3:31PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			6:03AM 0.21				5:49PM 0.46					8:51AM 0.25				8:31PM 0.74				9:26AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	10	9	17	17	19	16	15	15	15	10	10	20	14	16	9	12	11	10	11	19	10
Chill °C (?)	12	9	8	17	17	19	16	14	15	15	10	10	20	13	16	9	10	9	8	11	19	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.3 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	13	10	13	13	13	13	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	13	13	13	16	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	-	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	13	13	13	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 W	2.4 NW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3597	3529	1293	4738	1790	1114	1134	1958	1958	3983	743	699	970	1752	786	653	932	920	820	595	1392	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:54PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)									6:08AM 0.63		8:09AM 0.26											7:52PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	14	10	10	12	13	13	8	8	14	11	17	9	17	17	15	10	14	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	10	12	9	9	10	12	11	6	6	12	8	16	7	16	16	13	10	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	1.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 W	2.4 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	14	11	10	14	14	14	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.3 S	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	15	17	15	10	16	16	16	10	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	0.3 S	-	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	-	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	-	11	10	10	-	11	11	10	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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