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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.5 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	18	18	8	16	16	16	15	12	12	8
Energy(?)	908	1185	963	1009	1346	857	808	1107	848	621	313	417	209	205	443	329	327	205	333	332	226	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:14PM 1.24	7:54AM 2.25		8:53PM 1.31	7:16AM 1.51		10:11PM 2.26	9:03AM 1.60		9:35PM 1.84	9:11AM 1.94		11:00PM 1.59	11:21AM 2.44		11:46PM 2.56	11:46AM 1.47		12:47AM 1.62	12:18PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM -0.08		12:30AM 0.93		2:03PM -0.07	1:40AM 0.76		2:23PM 0.31	3:44AM 1.25		5:01PM -0.02	3:18AM 0.85		3:39PM 0.44	4:46AM 0.27	5:20AM 0.84	6:19PM 0.16		5:28AM 0.13	5:50PM 0.29		6:09AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-
High °C	16	15	19	21	11	15	16	17	15	21	23	14	27	28	6	27	29	21	27	8	10	19
Low °C	10	13	17	20	10	11	12	16	12	18	22	13	24	27	3	26	28	18	26	7	8	14
Chill °C (?)	16	13	19	21	8	15	16	17	14	21	23	13	27	28	3	27	29	21	27	5	7	19
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:27	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.5 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	16	10	11	11	10	10	14	10	10	12	8	10	9	8	16	16	16	15	12	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	16	8	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	9	9	9	13	10	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.3 N	-	-	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 S	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	6	-	-	10	10	-	9	8	-	3	-	4	4	3	4	5	-	8

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	2016	2396	1008	1215	1167	2060	1857	1154	1077	1439	1066	1009	954	713	1023	1335	1186	1330	1143	1723	577	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:35AM 1.58									7:54AM 2.25					9:30PM 2.14				8:02AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					12:58PM -0.06				1:17AM 1.58				1:35PM 0.30					2:40AM 1.45				2:57PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	9	16	21	18	19	11	13	5	21	20	19	14	9	6	9	12	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	8	15	21	18	19	10	12	3	21	20	19	14	9	3	9	12	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	14	14	14	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	2.1 NW	-	1.9 NW
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	10

	Thursday 26
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	607	1251	2016	794	1552	2396	2396	1596	832	1981	1070	3154	1495	1520	1268	909	900	1185	1338	953	699	905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						4:35AM 1.58																8:13PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)														12:37PM 0.31	1:04PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	6	8	10	10	13	5	7	8	19	19	20	15	14	9	15	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	6	5	10	10	11	2	4	7	19	19	20	14	12	6	13	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	9	9	9	16	10	10	10	9	16	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	16	15	15	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	16	16	8	11	16	16	16	16	13	8	15	15	15	11	12	16	8	11	11	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.8 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	-	9	10	10	-	-	9	-	10	-	-	10	9	4	9	10	10	-	-

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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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