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 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	17	11	12	11	16	9	9	14	10	10	13	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	11	13	13	12
Energy	509	1106	1129	1156	571	2344	2185	1438	1502	1575	2773	6471	5701	1475	9787	2663	1499	1013	1101	1033	1023	991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 1.56	10:13AM 1.28	7:14PM 2.25	9:03PM 1.69	9:50AM 1.56		9:40PM 1.80	11:53AM 1.23		10:21PM 1.87	12:52PM 1.26		10:28PM 2.45	12:10PM 1.39		11:54PM 1.87	1:19PM 1.37	3:13PM 1.40	12:45AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 0.64	2:01PM 0.82	3:09AM -0.10			3:51AM -0.32		6:04PM 1.26	4:35AM -0.48		5:49PM 0.82		5:22AM -0.56	2:52PM 0.91		5:28AM -0.08	4:55PM 1.16		6:25AM -0.02	7:40PM 0.87		8:59AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	21	14	15	28	14	15	8	16	18	13	13	17	16	13	15	17	16	15	17	15	15
Low °C	20	21	10	12	27	10	14	7	10	12	12	10	12	16	12	15	16	14	15	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	26	21	12	14	28	14	14	7	15	18	11	11	17	15	11	15	17	16	15	16	15	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:34	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	16	16	9	9	14	15	15	13	10	12	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	1.2 NW	0.4 S
Period (s)	17	13	13	13	13	16	15	16	15	15	13	14	14	16	13	16	16	16	13	16	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.8 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	4.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	4.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	5	11	-	11	5	9	9	-	10	10	-	11	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	8	9	-

	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW	1.8 W
Period(s)	11	11	12	17	11	11	16	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	11	9	9	10	10	9	15	14
Energy	549	702	652	509	643	1106	763	1424	1129	1130	1399	1156	940	571	2188	2026	2344	1139	1105	2185	854	1438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							6:13PM 1.67	8:30PM 1.56				10:13AM 1.28				9:03PM 1.69				9:50AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40AM 0.83			12:28PM 0.66	2:01PM 0.82				3:09AM -0.10								3:51AM -0.32			1:39PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	13	12	13	26	17	21	28	11	10	10	16	15	21	27	12	12	11	10	11	15	17	8
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	26	16	21	28	10	10	10	16	14	21	27	11	12	11	10	11	14	16	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	11	13	16	12	12	12	12	16	11	16	11	9	9	10	10	9	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	17	13	13	11	13	13	13	16	13	16	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	1.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	4	11	6	7	-	-	-	11	-	5	11	9	9	-	-	9	12	-

	Wednesday 13
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	17	17	12	11	11	11	16	11	11	12	16	16
Energy	552	552	549	539	708	702	535	575	652	503	509	509	737	614	643	643	731	1106	1185	376	763	754
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										8:17AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)				2:31AM 0.68	3:40AM 0.83									12:28PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	15	25	26	20	17	17	17	18	21	19	20	28	28
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	15	25	26	20	16	16	16	17	21	19	20	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	11	11	11	16	13	13	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	17	17	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	5	12	4	4	4	11	11	11	6	6	6

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