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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			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	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.7 S	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	12	11	14	11	11	13	11	7	12	11
Energy(?)	523	683	2051	1321	2959	2411	732	666	359	233	477	746	241	926	2551	739	520	2698	944	388	857	717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:04PM 1.50		8:24AM 1.72	7:37PM 2.06		9:54AM 1.42		10:19PM 1.75	11:19AM 1.61		11:16PM 1.80	11:31AM 2.05		10:56PM 1.86	11:14AM 1.93		1:01AM 2.35	12:33PM 1.70		1:10AM 1.84	12:48PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.89		1:03AM 0.21	1:41PM 0.94		2:14AM 0.22		4:54PM 1.10	4:51AM 0.07		5:00PM 0.45		5:14AM 0.55	5:38PM 0.73		5:02AM 0.64	7:14PM 0.26		6:19AM 0.43	7:50PM 0.19		6:42AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7
High °C	24	18	19	17	15	15	18	19	13	17	30	16	22	18	14	21	23	21	16	20	15	15
Low °C	21	18	13	16	15	14	14	19	11	15	29	15	18	17	11	18	23	19	15	20	14	15
Chill °C (?)	24	18	19	17	14	14	18	19	12	17	30	16	22	18	14	21	23	21	16	20	14	15
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 SSW	3.5 NNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	9	10	10	15	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	12	11	14	11	18	13	11	7	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	12	14	12	16	16	11	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	-	3.5 NNW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	7	8	-	10	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	11	13	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	838	820	856	599	572	523	529	1070	1368	1794	1970	1327	1152	1227	1172	1114	2411	1241	1383	1175	648	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:30AM 1.30	8:04AM 1.62			7:42PM 1.70	8:59PM 2.49				10:27AM 1.54				8:40PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	12:33AM 0.26				12:58PM 1.12					3:34AM -0.05				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44				4:15PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	28	24	27	27	18	14	14	14	14	19	20	16	17	17	15	16	14	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	24	27	27	18	14	13	13	14	19	20	16	17	17	14	16	14	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.3 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	10	9	10	5	9	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Wednesday 17
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	7	8	15	15
Energy(?)	1019	848	838	736	747	638	426	341	468	465	514	465	494	704	566	517	672	727	765	757	709	709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											9:44AM 1.41											8:21PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		12:33AM 0.26													1:55PM 1.15		3:19PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	23	23	21	20	14	16	17	19	20	23	21	23	23	16	17	17	15	19	18
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	23	23	21	20	14	16	17	19	20	23	21	23	23	15	16	17	14	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	11	10	10	10	9	8	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	8	8	10	12	10	9	16	6	6	16	16	16	12	16	16	12	12	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	10	-	-	5	6	7	6	8	8

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