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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7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thu
	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	18	10	17	18	9	16	16
Energy(?)	266	389	629	952	1499	1034	889	965	535	675	1411	240	2199	2473	1637	540	557	414	438	418	371	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	glass	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:59AM 1.06	2:04PM 1.33	11:20PM 1.91	1:43PM 1.31		11:36PM 2.32	1:01PM 1.13	2:09PM 1.36	12:42AM 1.91		2:49PM 1.42	1:20AM 1.75		3:09PM 1.52	2:11AM 1.60		3:43PM 2.01	3:03AM 1.81		4:47PM 2.50	4:53AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		6:50PM 0.93		6:33AM -0.28	5:50PM 0.88		6:23AM -0.22	6:37PM 0.85		9:02AM -0.23	7:28PM 0.81		8:21AM -0.15		8:28PM 0.74	8:53AM 0.44		9:35PM 1.09	9:29AM 0.62		11:11PM 0.48	10:45AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	25	11	15	16	16	19	19	13	22	15	14	14	14	14	29	16	17	16	18	16	14
Low °C	16	23	11	14	16	12	18	17	11	19	15	11	14	14	13	28	15	16	14	17	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	25	8	15	16	15	19	19	13	22	15	14	13	13	14	29	16	16	16	18	15	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	7	19	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	16	10	10	18	10	17	10	9	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	19	17	17	17	17	11	16	16	15	10	10	16	16	13	15	10	18	20	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	294	245	429	649	1141	667	544	1078	916	426	866	1499	1876	1864	1631	932	833	709	652	965	932	1198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:10PM 1.27			10:55PM 2.34					1:43PM 1.31				11:53PM 1.90					2:29PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	5:18AM -0.21				5:05PM 0.91				6:45AM -0.32				5:50PM 0.88				7:09AM 0.14				7:25PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	14	19	21	13	14	14	11	17	13	21	16	14	14	13	12	14	17	16	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	13	19	21	12	14	14	11	17	12	21	16	13	13	13	11	14	17	16	17	14	13
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SW	1.8 WNW	0.5 SW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 SSW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	8	16	8	19	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	12	16	12	19	19	19	18	16	16	17	12	17	17	17	17	15	16	11	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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