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

	Mon	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	0.4 SSE	0.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	18	10	10	16	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	18	8
Energy(?)	1499	633	546	1224	1082	408	997	940	3329	697	1065	1243	410	790	1559	799	453	226	467	424	204	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 1.70		6:00PM 1.21	11:15PM 1.48		7:00PM 1.49		5:25AM 1.67	7:56PM 1.08		6:48AM 1.62		9:13PM 1.31	8:37AM 2.05		10:28PM 1.90	8:30AM 1.52		9:58PM 1.41	9:43AM 1.64		12:07AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		10:01AM -0.09			9:11AM 0.53		11:01PM 0.91	1:04PM -0.14		12:11AM 0.82		2:08PM -0.14	2:04AM 0.76			4:00AM 0.84		2:59PM -0.16	3:23AM 0.37		3:38PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
High °C	20	17	16	11	10	22	8	15	20	7	22	14	20	17	19	16	20	7	7	7	28	11
Low °C	19	14	16	10	9	21	6	10	19	5	20	12	17	12	19	12	16	7	4	4	28	10
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	10	9	22	6	15	20	4	22	13	20	17	19	15	20	4	4	4	28	9
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:43	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 S	0.9 NW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	16	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 NW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	11	9	9	8	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	15	13	10	12	11	13	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	-	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	-	0.5 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	5	6	-	3	4

	Mon		Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	18	18	11	11	18	18	18	18	17	17	10	16	10	8	8	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1152	1119	1028	514	541	636	605	546	529	711	611	703	819	1082	250	1344	717	1729	2969	3783	1176	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									5:32PM 0.90			4:02AM 1.74					7:35PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)	7:36PM 0.88				6:31AM 0.46	10:07AM 0.34				8:18PM 0.85								10:21PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	14	21	22	24	16	16	21	20	13	12	10	10	22	8	18	16	10	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	20	22	13	21	22	24	16	16	21	20	13	11	8	9	22	4	18	15	10	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 NW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SW	2.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	7	11	18	18	11	11	11	18	6	10	10	12	10	16	10	16	8	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	19	11	19	13	11	18	18	18	11	18	11	11	17	9	11	8	13	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	7	-	-	9	-	7	-	8	8	10	10	-	-

	Monday 23	Tuesday 24
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	18	18	11	11	11	19	18	11	11	11	11	18	11	18	18	18	18	18	8
Energy(?)	534	665	1060	363	362	1688	903	893	375	349	787	821	751	798	224	754	318	295	362	344	496	1861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										2:01AM 1.63	3:08AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)																		10:01AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	23	23	11	22	22	20	12	13	20	20	13	13	14	12	17	14	23	25	23	19	26	11
Chill °C (?)	23	23	10	22	22	20	12	13	20	20	13	12	14	10	17	12	23	25	23	19	26	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	19	11	11	18	18	11	11	11	7	7	11	11	11	11	18	11	6	12	10	11	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	19	19	10	13	19	19	19	11	11	19	19	18	19	8	19	11	6	18	18	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	8	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	10	8

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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