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

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 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	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW
Period(s)	18	15	16	8	10	14	8	8	12	9	9	8	9	16	16	14	13	14	12	12	12	13
Energy	582	521	1051	833	439	1420	781	382	693	587	293	801	1086	941	1042	1483	1161	1253	700	598	667	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:18AM 2.19		11:51PM 2.40	1:04PM 1.81		11:58PM 1.66			11:35PM 1.73	1:22PM 1.20	2:02PM 1.68	12:08AM 1.51		2:01PM 1.24	11:35PM 1.53		2:58PM 1.14	12:04AM 1.98		3:43PM 1.23	1:26AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 0.40	5:06AM 0.62	5:41PM 0.51		7:00AM -0.10	6:07PM 0.62		8:40AM 0.91	5:17PM 0.61		6:29AM -0.20	6:53PM 0.91		7:00AM -0.15	6:40PM 0.94		7:45AM -0.19	6:55PM 0.83		8:52AM -0.12	7:52PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	14	11	16	22	13	16	18	14	16	12	11	12	13	12	12	15	12	13	15	17
Low °C	6	10	13	10	12	22	11	12	18	12	13	12	11	11	13	11	11	14	12	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	6	13	13	8	16	22	11	16	18	14	16	10	9	11	13	11	12	14	12	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	15	16	14	10	14	13	8	13	9	9	8	9	9	9	14	13	14	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	15	14	13	14	12	12	12	11	12	11	16	16	18	15	16	8	9	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	14	8	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Tue		Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	15	8	18	16	16	16	8	14	15	15	14	14	8	8	13	9	8	8	13	8	8	9
Energy	242	636	714	674	1049	873	605	510	1043	1504	1292	1047	1331	1172	671	432	1042	1484	1067	1401	1261	1540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:29PM 1.99	10:30PM 2.57	11:21PM 2.35				11:51AM 1.27			10:41PM 1.71					11:36AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)					6:22AM 0.02								5:52AM -0.06			4:10PM 0.55					6:07AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	9	7	7	8	11	13	15	11	11	10	10	10	15	15	19	12	12	17	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	19	9	5	6	8	9	12	15	11	11	10	9	10	15	14	19	12	12	17	11	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	8	11	7	16	16	8	14	15	8	8	7	8	9	13	13	8	8	13	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	18	16	10	7	11	16	10	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	5	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW
Period(s)	15	7	11	11	18	11	12	16	8	8	19	8	8	8	8	11	8	17	11	8	16	8
Energy	244	704	566	617	669	550	255	488	543	536	573	962	622	692	408	154	598	778	420	701	798	692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							11:05PM 1.63	12:21AM 2.89										11:00AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)													5:14AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	11	9	9	9	8	11	10	11	11	10	9	11	11	12	14	14	14	20	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	21	8	6	7	7	5	8	10	11	11	10	9	11	11	12	14	13	13	20	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	15	7	11	11	11	8	12	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	17	11	8	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	19	19	18	11	12	11	11	11	11	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	5	7	8	8	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

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