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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NNW
Period(s)	14	12	16	13	14	12	12	12	6	7	7	6	20	18	8	12	12	16	16	13	12	9
Energy	514	576	263	613	431	662	712	506	296	347	733	591	553	716	1124	1039	1162	644	609	943	704	1198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 1.08	12:44AM 1.46			10:59PM 1.88		5:51PM 1.51	2:16AM 1.76		7:21PM 1.69	2:45AM 1.15		7:22PM 1.51		7:08AM 2.59	7:08PM 1.23	8:46PM 1.90	8:09AM 1.70		8:35PM 1.76	8:47AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		6:22PM 1.05		8:45AM 0.42	3:52PM 1.15		9:38AM 0.47		8:39PM 1.47	12:01PM 0.08		9:31PM 0.92	12:09PM 0.12		12:21AM 0.83			2:39AM 0.84			2:53AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	11	18	11	15	19	17	23	21	14	25	28	15	17	15	19	22	13	18	18
Low °C	16	16	14	10	17	10	11	17	15	17	20	11	20	28	13	14	14	18	19	13	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	10	18	10	14	19	16	23	21	12	25	28	14	17	14	19	22	12	18	18
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	6:50	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	14	12	6	13	14	12	12	12	14	11	17	15	20	18	12	12	18	8	9	13	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	18	10	13	16	18	14	10	16	16	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	11	-	8	6	6	7	7	6	8	12	8	7	12	-	-	7	-	-

	Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	14	14	16	13	12	13	9	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	1085	600	568	562	591	652	543	603	577	548	778	212	565	597	802	3063	544	920	875	684	420	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 1.98				11:51AM 1.30				12:43AM 1.92	2:57AM 2.16				4:41PM 1.43			1:28AM 1.39	3:39AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23AM -0.09			3:44PM 1.08	6:33PM 1.38									10:14PM 1.82				10:29AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	17	17	17	14	13	13	9	10	15	11	11	10	10	11	7	8	14	11	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	16	16	16	13	12	12	9	9	14	9	9	8	10	11	5	7	14	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	14	5	13	12	13	9	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	7	7	14	11	14	8	8	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	4	5	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 05
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11
Energy	925	556	557	657	558	516	877	843	880	583	595	205	414	443	669	342	406	445	446	402	361	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 1.98	12:06AM 1.51															3:55PM 1.08	4:37PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)									7:55AM 0.37		9:37AM -0.16											8:34PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	12	13	13	13	15	12	12	13	11	16	13	12	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	15	15	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	10	16	12	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	8	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	9	9	13	17	17	14	16	15	8	8	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-

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