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

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Casas Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	3	2	4	5	8	7	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	11	11	11	12	14	12	12	13	13	9	8	8	12	12	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1905	539	473	726	2356	4905	4166	8069	3085	1422	1852	948	307	64	154	1258	982	1094	1432	1325	1024	1203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:59PM 2.15	2:41AM 1.63	12:34PM 1.35	1:30PM 1.88		4:32AM 1.86		2:44AM 1.35		1:29PM 1.36		6:24AM 2.37	6:43PM 1.58		7:01AM 2.67		8:32PM 1.73	6:01AM 1.74		9:29PM 1.44	6:14AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 0.37	7:06AM 0.91		9:34PM 0.04	10:18AM 0.88		7:33PM 0.20	8:48AM 0.65		11:24PM 0.60			11:53PM 0.61		2:13PM 0.27	1:15AM 1.01		2:46PM -0.14	1:50AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	33	-	-	1	13	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	8	11	11	11	15	13	12	14	16	17	16	6	5	5	8	6	10	10	8	12
Low °C	9	15	7	11	8	10	15	12	12	12	15	15	14	5	4	5	6	5	6	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	11	17	6	8	9	7	15	12	10	14	15	17	16	4	3	3	6	4	10	10	6	10
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	4:47	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	11	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	9	8	8	12	12	12	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.8 W
Period (s)	11	14	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	14	14	10	8	15	11	13	15	13	-	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	1.3 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	8	5	5	5	5	8	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	9	12	11	11	9	9	8	8	9	10	12	13	12	13	13	11	10	10	15
Energy(?)	1238	1025	1940	1465	1979	1226	1019	562	560	740	507	450	562	1798	7801	3919	4134	3396	5582	7205	3121	6829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:14AM 1.95			12:40PM 2.04	1:40PM 1.98								2:58PM 2.08								1:08PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			6:16AM 1.33								5:15AM 1.16	9:41AM 1.19	10:09AM 0.96			9:57PM 0.19					10:18AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	4	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	7	8	14	15	13	12	10	16	18	16	18	8	11	8	9	8	8	7	11	9	12	14
Chill °C (?)	4	6	14	15	11	12	9	16	18	16	18	6	10	5	6	6	6	5	9	6	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 S	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WNW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	10	11	11	9	13	8	8	9	10	12	11	12	13	13	12	10	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	1.4 S	2.0 WNW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	12	8	12	10	10	13	12	9	12	12	10	12	13	12	11	11	12	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	8	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	8	5	5	5	5	8	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	8	10	10	10	6	6	6	13	10	10	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1548	1438	2585	1996	7914	7159	6583	230	178	240	222	703	595	958	1621	577	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				1:53AM 1.13	2:39AM 1.79	3:20AM 1.70											2:14PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	6	2	4	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	7	8	15	16	14	13	12	18	19	18	21	9	9	9	12	10	10	9	14	11	10	16
Chill °C (?)	6	6	12	14	11	10	10	17	18	17	21	6	6	6	11	8	8	7	13	10	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	15	6	14	13	10	10	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 S	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	12	12	12	8	14	8	8	16	16	10	10	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.4 S	-	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	10	10	10	6	-	6	4	3	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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