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 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	6	4	5	4	4	9	9	8	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	15	12	13	15	9	13	14	17	18	14	15	14
Energy(?)	2602	2011	1311	2319	1500	1376	1216	565	374	442	1647	1670	1837	1607	748	5276	4200	12195	7492	6209	2197	1935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:40PM 1.78	2:14PM 1.51			3:32PM 1.50		7:08AM 1.54	4:35PM 1.50		7:32AM 1.36	7:24PM 1.96		9:22AM 2.11	6:33PM 1.66		7:00AM 1.74	7:48PM 1.26		7:51AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		9:11PM 0.11			10:00PM 0.52			10:23PM 0.15	10:50AM 1.45		11:53PM 0.15	1:10PM 0.95	2:03PM 1.23	2:22AM 0.30			12:21AM 0.48	1:00PM 0.80	2:06PM 0.47	1:49AM 0.62		5:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	15	-	-
High °C	18	14	11	12	18	17	23	13	20	26	23	15	25	10	21	11	14	15	23	14	21	24
Low °C	17	11	8	12	16	17	23	11	16	25	21	12	23	9	15	10	13	13	21	11	16	22
Chill °C (?)	18	13	9	11	18	17	23	12	20	26	23	15	25	10	21	9	14	15	23	13	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	18	15	12	18	15	9	13	14	17	18	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	17	8	17	16	16	10	11	15	8	14	24	10	21	8	16	19	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	-	2.2 NW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26				Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Westport-The Corner Washington
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18
Energy(?)	3355	3517	1761	5886	4569	4740	4381	1196	3377	3160	3236	3320	1649	1342	1074	1284	1255	1253	1528	1079	1038	5067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:51PM 1.72						5:12AM 1.23		1:32PM 1.80	2:31PM 1.65					6:59AM 1.78		1:10PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				8:59PM 0.06								10:10PM 0.13	11:27PM 0.21			8:39AM 1.49				11:00PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	18	10	14	13	9	14	23	16	18	14	8	8	8	23	18	19	19	20	22	11
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	8	13	12	7	14	23	15	18	14	6	6	6	23	18	19	19	20	22	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	14	16	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	6	16	12	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	14	13	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-

	Sunday 26												Monday 27
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Westport-The Corner Washington
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4123	4530	681	2281	2638	2637	6056	1711	2080	2495	2073	3858	2165	2165	1972	3301	3158	2879	1702	2983	3471	1617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)																				6:52AM 1.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	22	15	17	18	13	15	16	11	15	12	9	9	9	12	17	17	11	12	13	9
Chill °C (?)	12	17	22	13	16	18	10	14	16	9	14	10	8	8	8	9	15	15	10	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.3 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.5 SW	2.4 W
Period (s)	13	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	14	16	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	17	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	17	17	12	16	16	16	16	20	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	13	-

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