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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	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	South Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.8 SW	1.2 W	2.2 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	10	12	7	11	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2130	1511	930	1559	897	1676	2051	712	909	1989	1230	1665	1381	788	746	591	818	482	1000	945	1085	403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 2.55		10:25PM 1.97	8:58AM 2.59		11:44PM 1.88	8:53AM 2.28		11:38PM 1.28	8:52AM 1.74		11:29PM 1.52	10:25AM 2.03		11:39PM 1.01	10:52AM 1.88		1:30AM 1.38	12:04PM 2.60		2:21AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	2:11AM 1.44		3:41PM 0.47	2:56AM 1.51		4:18PM 0.36			3:42PM -0.14	3:11AM 1.09		4:27PM 0.17	3:16AM 1.29	4:34AM 1.09	5:53PM -0.17	3:37AM 0.75	4:54AM 1.02			6:19AM 1.57		7:24PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	46	10	1	-	1	-	-	3	-	49	5	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	14	22	11	14	21	15	14	13	10	10	14	8	17	15	15	15	11	11	14
Low °C	14	16	16	13	18	10	10	18	14	13	13	10	9	13	6	16	14	15	14	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	12	22	10	13	21	15	11	11	8	8	14	6	17	13	15	13	11	11	14
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.2 W	0.4 NW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	15	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	1.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	-	0.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 NW	1.1 WSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.2 WSW	1.3 NW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	10	15	11	18	12	11	-	12	10	10	12	9	12	11	11	14	8	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	2.0 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	0.8 S	2.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	10	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.1 NW	4.0 W	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1225	1907	2130	2095	1977	1778	1385	1399	1007	1018	1040	1064	1054	1580	1534	1001	2002	4026	2140	1724	1521	1301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:36PM 1.90				8:22AM 2.55					10:14PM 1.20			8:41AM 1.99					11:03PM 1.28			9:34AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)				2:11AM 1.44				3:13PM 0.39				1:23AM 1.22				3:16PM -0.09				3:39AM 1.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	17	17	13	14	22	10	8	9	11	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	15	14	13	16	16	16	15	16	17	12	13	22	10	6	9	9	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.1 NW	4.0 W	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	1.7 W	0.4 SW	1.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	10	13	15	15	15	12	12	10	10	14	12	14	11	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15							Tuesday 16
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	0.6 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	16	16	10	10	10	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	948	1133	1225	1426	1652	1907	2790	646	157	157	330	212	242	1775	1775	95	1859	2048	1660	1627	1484	1473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:36PM 1.90	10:10PM 1.72									7:23AM 1.63		9:15AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)										1:10AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	5	1
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	18	18	16	16	13	16	13	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	15	14	14	14	18	18	16	16	12	16	11	16	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	0.6 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	8	14	13	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-

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

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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