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

	Thu		Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	2.5 W	0.8 WNW	4.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	14	15	13	8	8	8	13	12	14	12	18	17	15	14	18	12	13	11
Energy(?)	1894	848	405	1358	665	375	284	195	315	343	378	1469	851	972	520	560	428	521	607	1839	490	3519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:07AM 1.24		11:38PM 1.91	12:20PM 1.66		10:16PM 2.27	11:57AM 1.41	2:36PM 0.98	11:59PM 1.78		2:37PM 1.54	12:57AM 2.24	2:00PM 1.28		11:40PM 2.07		4:03PM 1.27	1:49AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	4:01PM 0.32	2:25AM 0.06		4:36PM 0.47		5:50AM 0.13	5:11PM 1.02		5:30AM 0.08	7:55PM 0.45		7:38AM 0.07	6:40PM 1.24		7:03AM 0.25	4:41PM 1.13		10:17AM -0.31	4:43PM 1.27		8:42AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	14	-	-	20	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	15	17	17	14	25	11	15	15	13	11	17	12	26	28	11	11	15	11	15	9
Low °C	11	14	12	17	16	11	25	10	12	14	12	11	17	11	24	27	10	11	15	6	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	14	15	16	16	14	25	10	15	15	11	11	16	11	26	28	10	10	14	9	15	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:45	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.0 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	10	10	11	9	13	8	8	8	8	12	14	12	18	17	9	14	7	12	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	-	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	13	13	14	15	9	14	12	14	13	7	8	6	13	13	15	8	18	-	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	4.0 NW
Period (s)	8	8	-	10	-	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	6	11

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	16	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	18
Energy(?)	642	555	2221	1662	1438	1206	1101	1152	1108	746	1144	1014	626	534	578	592	503	265	520	247	311	321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:25PM 1.61	11:05PM 1.82			10:02AM 1.63				10:44PM 2.27				10:07AM 1.74				10:04PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)							5:01AM 0.26															3:44AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	27	17	13	9	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	16	17	18	13	18	18	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	27	16	12	7	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	13	16	17	17	13	17	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	18	9	14	14	14	17	13	16	16	13	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	14	6	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	5

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	14	15	16	10	16	17	14	14
Energy(?)	533	402	541	643	1650	1350	1378	943	1021	880	2046	2112	2620	2486	394	561	569	904	580	306	384	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												10:11PM 2.18										8:40AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																	3:09AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	27	17	20	11	18	17	14	14	13	17	14	13	13	16	16	16	8	16	15	23	25
Chill °C (?)	16	27	16	20	7	17	16	12	12	11	17	13	11	11	16	15	15	6	15	14	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	14	9	9	9	9	9	15	16	10	16	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	9	18	18	18	18	18	13	13	18	17	17	14	17	14	12	12	14	12	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	8	8	-	8	-	6	6

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