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 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.1 NW	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 S	1.4 NW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	1.1 W	1.6 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	18	18	11	16	9	12	14	15	11	11	13	14	14	7	13	8	9	8	9
Energy(?)	2736	1963	1185	969	710	526	1273	349	616	834	408	318	573	510	391	141	482	235	344	391	562	1428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:45AM 2.13	1:51PM 1.90		1:58AM 2.42	12:29PM 1.50		12:11AM 2.00	12:31PM 1.29	2:58PM 1.16	12:46AM 1.48			9:44PM 1.56	11:11AM 0.95		11:19PM 1.85			11:55PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	5:15PM 0.38		7:33AM -0.02	5:44PM 0.55		6:06AM 0.41	6:04PM 1.10		6:08AM 0.44	7:25PM 0.72		8:18AM 0.48	3:17PM 0.77		5:03AM 0.47	4:01PM 1.07		10:00AM -0.75			9:48AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	5
High °C	10	13	14	25	17	23	18	14	17	28	18	15	17	18	15	20	18	14	13	13	14	14
Low °C	10	11	8	25	17	16	18	11	11	27	16	12	17	17	12	20	17	13	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	12	14	25	16	23	17	13	17	28	18	15	16	17	15	20	17	13	12	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	7:44	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 S	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 S	1.1 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.1 W	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	18	6	11	16	6	12	14	15	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	7	9	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.3 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	15	12	10	18	18	10	9	6	21	5	15	15	13	10	18	11	7	12	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	0.6 W	1.4 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	1.6 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	6	7	-	8	-	8	9

	Thursday 02				Friday 03								Saturday 04								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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	18	15	16	15	15
Energy(?)	415	2271	2644	3061	1491	3628	1638	1459	1150	1124	1792	1040	1069	1034	1022	1312	1255	622	974	1202	1132	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	11:55AM 1.23				1:31AM 2.45											10:38AM 1.61				10:07PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			6:51PM 0.48				6:03AM 0.42				5:44PM 0.55			3:33AM 0.23								5:00AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	10	8	11	7	11	14	18	15	14	18	16	24	22	23	18	18	19	23	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	8	8	10	6	10	13	18	15	14	18	16	24	22	23	18	17	19	23	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	12	12	18	15	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	10	12	18	20	10	6	6	16	16	17	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	9	-	-	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	6	-	-	-	-	10	8	12	12	11

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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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	6	12	12	11	12	6	11	11	6	12	11	11	20	20	20	6	6	11	18	20	20	20
Energy(?)	150	2586	4085	794	3114	438	1868	2052	278	3262	1057	2102	426	504	504	404	404	831	563	518	502	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:55AM 1.23	12:54PM 1.83	1:08PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)						4:32PM 0.77	5:09PM 0.84										3:56AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	9	11	17	10	15	15	13	14	9	10	11	22	22	22	17	17	13	23	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	7	9	16	8	13	13	10	11	7	8	8	22	22	22	16	16	11	23	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	3.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	12	11	15	12	20	20	13	13	11	18	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	15	13	15	12	12	10	15	12	12	20	11	11	20	20	12	11	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.3 N	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	6	11	11	6	12	-	11	5	5	5	6	6	2	5	7	7	7

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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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