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

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	8	7	5	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	10	11	9	11	6	10	11	12	13	8	10	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2644	6241	7059	6252	1932	1875	703	3297	3642	696	1350	258	1365	2052	2714	3507	1310	2678	2724	1855	1236	2121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 2.71		1:14AM 2.17	12:34PM 2.56		1:32AM 2.58	12:33PM 2.54	1:28PM 2.28	1:33AM 2.08			2:04AM 2.16		2:32PM 1.71	1:04AM 2.01		4:04PM 1.87	1:12AM 1.98		4:03PM 1.47	2:55AM 2.06	4:21AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40PM -0.10	7:02PM -0.12	6:40AM 0.70		7:12PM -0.04	6:37AM 0.94		7:11PM 0.07	7:42AM 0.34	5:59PM 0.66	7:44PM 0.24	7:09AM 0.67			8:06AM 0.62			10:13AM 0.61		8:02PM 1.16	11:50AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	4	3	-	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	18	3	3	2	3
High °C	5	6	5	7	6	9	5	9	9	9	11	5	9	9	6	9	15	9	13	15	14	14
Low °C	4	5	2	4	4	6	4	9	7	6	10	4	7	6	5	8	14	8	9	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	2	3	3	4	4	9	2	5	5	8	8	2	6	6	2	6	13	7	11	14	14	12
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 NW	2.4 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 W	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	15	15	9	11	6	10	11	12	13	10	10	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 W	0.3 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	13	-	12	10	-	11	15	14	9	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 ENE	2.2 SSW	-	1.3 S	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	4	4	4	5	4	8	-	8	-	-	11

	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	9	7	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	13	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	2264	2502	4295	4407	3013	3013	4257	5704	7059	7130	11341	6252	2902	4003	4901	4134	1011	3317	1043	4454	5667	881
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:36AM 2.34				12:02PM 2.71				12:42AM 1.88				10:29AM 2.06								11:15AM 1.93	1:03PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			6:27AM 0.70				5:51PM 0.34	7:02PM -0.12			4:21AM 0.91				5:03PM 0.37				6:35AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light snow	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	5	-	1	-
Temp. °C	2	2	2	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	7	4	10	8	9	8	3	10	3	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	0	-1	-1	3	2	4	1	3	0	-2	4	4	8	6	7	8	2	10	0	4	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	13	10	16	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	7	7	-	-	-	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	14	12	16	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 W	5.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-

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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	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	9	7	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 WSW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	7	12	8	9	13	11	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	2217	2217	3017	3178	2671	2502	2708	4204	4332	4436	1114	5365	469	5762	1911	2305	4441	1722	4712	3544	2820	5214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:48AM 2.06											11:23AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	-
High °C	2	2	4	4	2	2	5	3	7	7	10	7	10	7	11	11	6	13	5	9	8	5
Chill °C (?)	-1	-1	1	0	-1	-1	1	0	3	3	7	4	6	4	8	7	6	10	3	5	5	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	8	12	16	16	13	11	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	13	15	16	15	16	16	12	13	-	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.6 SW	-	2.3 WSW	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	2.4 WSW	-	4.0 W	3.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	6	-	7	-	8	9	-	7	-	11	11	-

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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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