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

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	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	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	4.0 NNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.2 SSW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	10	9	10	14	10	10	10	9	18	18	17	15	10	16	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	1499	898	780	496	400	809	251	351	2777	651	900	1755	418	438	492	408	341	645	738	701	520	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:53PM 1.90		2:09PM 1.36	12:35AM 1.85		2:38PM 1.42	1:10AM 2.16		3:35PM 2.33	2:44AM 2.37		4:33PM 1.97	2:18AM 1.65		4:19PM 2.10	4:18AM 1.63		5:51PM 2.17		6:37AM 1.39	6:38PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10AM -0.28	6:37PM 0.85		8:15AM 0.22	7:29PM 0.81		8:50AM 0.33		9:07PM 1.29	9:26AM 0.49		8:53PM 1.05	9:29AM 0.62		10:46PM 0.94	10:45AM 0.92		12:41AM 0.34	11:56AM 0.60		1:13AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	19	14	16	14	13	30	15	15	14	16	15	15	17	18	13	29	15	18	18	15
Low °C	12	17	18	11	13	14	12	29	14	12	13	15	15	14	16	17	13	29	14	14	18	12
Chill °C (?)	13	20	19	14	16	13	13	30	14	15	14	15	14	15	17	18	13	29	15	18	18	13
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:06	-	-	8:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 SSW	4.0 NNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.2 SSW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	10	9	10	14	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	15	10	16	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	17	17	11	16	15	10	10	9	16	15	15	15	18	18	17	11	16	9	16	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6

	Fri		Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1535	1569	1224	1171	1088	1224	597	780	921	1137	904	601	321	400	348	314	1112	1392	1688	1823	2089	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:53PM 1.90					2:29PM 2.19			1:08AM 2.65					2:37PM 1.85				2:08AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	5:50PM 0.88				7:40AM 0.17				7:21PM 1.45				7:07AM 0.19					8:29PM 0.93				8:31AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	17	15	16	18	15	15	14	12	17	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	17	14	16	18	15	14	14	12	17	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	17	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	15	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	17	17	17	17	15	16	11	11	16	16	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-

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