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

	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	6	5	9	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	10	14	24	24	22	21	20
Energy(?)	1961	7231	3652	5461	4832	12004	5688	2123	1846	867	1330	1513	1463	468	593	274	288	903	906	1614	1146	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:26PM 2.08		3:32AM 1.55	1:55PM 2.04	2:36PM 2.44	4:25AM 1.13		2:30PM 1.98		5:43AM 1:33PM 1.45 1.81			6:33AM 1.10	4:09PM 1.83		7:11AM 1.31	4:48PM 1.44		8:25AM 1.62	6:49PM 1.70		8:17AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			8:39PM -0.05	8:09AM 1.05			8:45AM 1.13		10:08PM 0.06	6:52AM 1.44		10:07PM 0.12	8:54AM 1.10		12:01AM 0.15	11:28AM 1.07		1:01AM 0.17	1:24PM 1.10		1:56AM 0.19	1:53PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	3	1	4	4	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	15	14	15	12	12	18	10	17	13	14	18	23	21	19	29	26	20	29	26	25
Low °C	13	15	14	14	15	10	12	17	8	13	12	13	15	23	18	16	27	25	19	27	25	20
Chill °C (?)	16	18	15	12	14	11	10	18	9	17	12	13	18	23	21	19	29	26	20	29	26	25
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	10	14	24	12	22	21	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	20	13	19	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	17	12	16	16	15	12	13	24	18	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	7	7	7	7	7	4	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	6638	6393	6231	6667	6136	1695	7226	6378	5992	3923	3674	3338	3097	8292	14070	11598	11256	9356	7026	5181	4157	3385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:46AM 1.62								2:26AM 1.46			12:16PM 1.55					4:25AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			7:37AM 0.96					8:39PM -0.05			6:02AM 1.32					8:38PM 0.05				8:45AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	3	3	2	1
Temp. °C	13	14	14	17	11	19	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	13	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	17	11	19	14	14	13	17	17	16	16	13	11	13	12	9	10	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	20	8	19	20	19	19	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	7	7	7	7	7	4	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	6797	6634	6638	6556	7110	2061	6312	6311	6231	4527	4505	3717	3672	6843	6936	5968	5982	7231	7138	6991	7226	5863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:46AM 1.62									11:45AM 1.60		1:26PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)									7:37AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	1	1
High °C	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	17	18	15	16	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	16	18	14	15	19	18	14	14	14	14	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	-	5	14	14	14	14	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	12	12	-	-	4	4	4	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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