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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	8	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	603	278	333	703	827	3767	755	471	671	482	533	764	2714	1516	1854	2401	4227	5530	4645	2847	1175	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:59AM 2.49		1:25AM 2.37	12:14PM 2.85		10:10PM 1.44	10:57AM 2.33		2:01AM 1.39	12:58PM 1.66		3:54AM 2.11		6:06PM 1.95		4:15AM 1.85	3:56PM 2.08		5:54AM 2.32	4:45PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 0.89		3:23PM -0.15		6:18AM 1.02		2:29AM 1.00	4:50AM 1.25	6:38PM -0.05		7:40AM 0.87		9:04PM -0.31	9:12AM 1.05	2:29PM 1.79	9:05PM -0.10	9:46AM 0.95		10:53PM 0.16	11:52AM 1.00		9:55PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	1	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	16	12	12	16	12	16	19	17	12	14	14	13	15	15	13	16	10	10	11	20	16
Low °C	8	16	12	11	14	11	15	17	16	11	13	13	12	13	15	12	16	10	10	10	17	15
Chill °C (?)	7	16	11	11	15	11	15	19	16	12	14	14	10	15	15	12	16	8	10	10	20	16
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	7	8	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	16	11	11	8	13	7	7	12	9	13	12	-	12	16	12	16	-	11	14	17	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Fort. Ebey Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.7 W	2.4 NW	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	7	11	13	12	12	13	14	12	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	569	735	539	502	512	750	403	777	524	267	628	518	1527	2720	2216	1345	2209	2090	1709	1355	1086	698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 1.52									12:54AM 1.34									2:27AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)					5:26AM 0.99				4:54PM -0.19				6:18AM 1.02		10:31AM 2.19		6:46PM -0.59	7:25PM -0.62			6:43AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	17	9	12	10	22	15	14	13	11	12	11	11	10	16	11	11	10	10	12	17
Chill °C (?)	20	17	17	7	11	10	22	15	13	13	11	12	10	9	10	15	10	10	8	8	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.7 W	2.4 NW	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	11	11	14	13	12	8	8	7	11	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 W	-	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	13	16	13	14	14	11	15	16	12	11	11	15	10	14	-	15	14	15	15	15	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	-	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	11	-	12	8	-	7	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Fort. Ebey Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	6	11	12
Energy(?)	785	762	782	776	426	786	485	333	332	231	409	322	503	538	358	386	420	494	537	683	359	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				11:28AM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)												3:55AM 0.88		5:26AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-	-
High °C	20	18	17	9	11	9	20	13	14	10	10	10	12	12	7	11	13	13	13	12	13	16
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	7	10	7	20	12	14	9	10	10	11	11	3	10	12	11	11	9	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	14	11	14	11	13	14	7	7	14	5	6	14	-	14	14	14	-	13	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	0.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	6	6	5	7

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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