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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	11	13	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	743	1492	4191	1460	1956	939	1436	1638	3313	2076	1451	1224	1192	1557	862	377	600	958	802	664	578	382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:17PM 2.73	3:27AM 2.30		2:16PM 2.52		4:19AM 2.33	3:18PM 2.24		6:08AM 2.38	5:17PM 1.95		6:50AM 2.19	5:53PM 1.48		6:34AM 2.46			6:07AM 2.00		7:33PM 1.37	7:35AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 0.11	8:37AM 1.45		9:20PM 0.32	9:52AM 1.41		10:09PM 0.56	11:39AM 1.19		11:46PM 0.50			11:45PM 1.01		1:28PM 0.96	11:21PM 0.94		1:22PM 0.61	12:02AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
High °C	16	13	9	17	16	19	20	21	14	22	20	16	21	18	17	16	14	12	12	12	10	8
Low °C	14	12	8	15	15	19	15	20	13	22	17	15	20	16	16	14	12	10	11	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	16	13	7	17	16	19	20	21	14	22	20	16	21	18	17	16	14	11	11	12	9	5
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	11	13	11	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	12	-	12	16	7	15	15	-	14	14	13	13	12	12	5	5	16	16	9	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	13
Energy(?)	1289	513	592	743	926	1492	1658	1657	1631	4100	4192	4511	4720	1521	1956	2688	2613	1249	1417	1264	1803	3853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:34AM 2.29				1:17PM 2.73					4:11AM 2.25			2:14PM 2.10				3:32AM 1.76				2:49PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)				7:30AM 1.46				8:30PM 0.11				9:24AM 1.13				9:20PM 0.32				8:47AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	14	17	13	12	12	12	9	12	9	12	16	15	14	14	19	19	22	23	19
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	14	17	13	12	12	12	7	12	7	10	16	15	14	14	19	19	22	23	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	11	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	8	6	18	6	16	16	12	12	16	15	15	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

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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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1136	529	470	472	441	513	556	529	592	1915	1954	2375	2734	667	880	1114	1228	254	267	282	280	1118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					2:34AM 2.32											1:17PM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)											8:15AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	16	16	15	14	19	18	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	9	10	16	16	15	14	19	18	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	13	11	11	13	13	13	19	13	-	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-

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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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