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

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Casas Baja Norte	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	3.5 NNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	12	11	14	12	11	11	12	7	11
Energy(?)	743	649	683	390	744	2959	993	732	666	359	393	477	839	918	926	2551	1542	520	788	1145	388	813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:04AM 1.65	6:04PM 1.50		7:38AM 1.37	7:37PM 2.06	8:34PM 1.70	10:58AM 1.55		10:48PM 2.51	11:19AM 1.61		11:05PM 1.70	11:30AM 2.05		10:56PM 1.86	12:09PM 1.69		1:25AM 1.86	1:01PM 2.54		1:10AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	2:12AM 0.26	1:55PM 1.15		1:03AM 0.21	12:59PM 0.73		3:27AM -0.04		3:23PM 0.52			5:00PM 0.45		5:12AM 0.56	5:35PM 0.74		5:51AM 0.30	5:33PM 0.60		6:54AM 0.90	7:50PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	23	21	18	19	21	15	14	17	20	13	17	29	16	21	17	14	17	26	16	23	24	12
Low °C	22	18	18	15	18	15	14	14	19	11	16	29	15	17	16	12	13	25	14	19	24	12
Chill °C (?)	23	21	18	19	21	14	14	17	20	12	17	29	16	21	17	13	17	26	16	23	24	12
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 NW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	15	16	9	9	11	15	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	12	11	14	12	18	11	16	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 NW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	12	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	12	12	14	12	16	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	10	7	-	-	10	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	12	-	5

	Tue		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	574	516	838	820	856	599	503	631	529	1070	1368	1794	1970	543	1152	1072	1938	1114	2411	1241	1456	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:30AM 1.30	8:04AM 1.62			7:42PM 1.70	8:59PM 2.49				10:12AM 1.87				8:40PM 2.04				10:42AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			12:33AM 0.26				1:50PM 0.78	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				2:47PM 1.03				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	21	21	27	27	28	23	21	21	19	14	14	13	14	20	19	18	14	17	14	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	27	27	28	23	21	21	19	14	13	12	14	20	19	18	14	17	13	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 S	2.3 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	17	8	10	9	10	11	16	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	15	15	15	16	16	18	16	10	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	16
Energy(?)	609	581	893	893	1030	780	462	641	481	355	659	616	583	327	471	471	514	495	625	468	675	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																	9:44AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:31PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	28	28	28	23	19	17	20	15	15	15	15	18	19	23	19	23	16	18	16	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	28	28	28	23	19	17	20	15	15	15	15	18	19	23	19	23	15	18	15	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	15	16	16	11	16	10	10	10	10	11	10	16	10	16	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	6	6	11	10	9	18	9	18	17	17	17	16	16	8	16	11	16	12	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	4	5	5	10

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