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

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Double Point CAL - Marin County
Rating	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	7	4	6	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	18	16	18	17	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3759	2841	2883	2615	3520	3680	7081	5324	3352	1642	1380	1215	1213	1287	2767	2737	5116	3427	2312	1762	1231	4477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:47PM 2.65	2:39AM 2.51		2:28PM 2.28	3:09AM 2.63		3:28PM 1.90	3:46AM 2.46		3:15PM 1.17	3:02AM 2.02	4:29AM 2.28	4:46PM 1.76			6:41PM 1.24		4:11AM 1.84			5:08AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.04	8:37AM 0.62		8:47PM 0.27	9:27AM 0.56		9:13PM 0.55	10:21AM 0.56		8:18PM 1.04	11:48AM 0.45		9:38PM 1.34	11:31AM 0.46		8:53PM 1.24	12:22PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	15	19	15	18	18	17	18	15	18	13	19	19	12	15	10	8	11	11	9	14
Low °C	15	15	12	17	14	16	17	16	15	13	14	13	15	15	9	13	9	5	9	9	8	11
Chill °C (?)	17	19	15	19	15	18	18	17	18	15	18	12	19	19	10	15	8	7	10	11	8	13
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	14	16	18	17	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	-	1.5 W	1.7 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	13	-	17	18	13	12	14	-	12	12	20	19	16	15	-	15	16	6	14	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.8 NW	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	5	6	12

	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.9 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	17	17	16	17	16	16	17	16
Energy(?)	4326	5126	3267	3227	3102	3789	3591	3274	3040	3045	3262	3033	3239	3021	3712	7011	7629	7317	7714	7081	6958	6241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:04AM 2.62				1:47PM 2.65				2:39AM 2.51				1:43PM 2.34				1:17AM 1.87			11:43AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				7:48AM 0.67				8:35PM -0.01				7:14AM 0.93				7:41PM 0.31				7:17AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	14	18	16	15	14	12	10	14	16	16	17	14	13	13	16	16	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	14	18	16	15	13	11	8	14	16	16	17	14	13	12	16	16	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	17	16	17	16	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.9 W	0.2 S	1.4 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	-	15	13	13	17	17	13	19	14	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 04
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	14	15	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	18	14
Energy(?)	4778	5275	2470	2470	4525	5126	5001	3764	3267	3220	2322	1432	3498	2366	2359	2338	2650	1260	1341	1032	839	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					2:05AM 2.49										12:54PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)										7:48AM 0.67										5:55PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	16	16	16	19	20	17	17	23	22	21	26	19
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	16	16	16	19	20	17	17	23	22	21	26	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	14	15	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	0.1 SW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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