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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7 day 48 hour

	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	14	10	10	18	10	18	18	9	9	10	9	10	9
Energy(?)	535	1172	1597	984	937	530	520	1126	201	351	859	1639	540	851	418	438	669	562	430	459	433	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	on	on	glass	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:43PM 1.31		11:01PM 2.20	12:46PM 1.50	2:17PM 1.47	12:42AM 1.85		2:42PM 1.42	1:20AM 1.75		3:59PM 1.87	2:07AM 1.60		4:10PM 2.42	3:18AM 1.42		4:47PM 2.50		5:09AM 1.55	4:59PM 2.19		5:58AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 0.88		6:00AM 0.14	6:55PM 0.91		7:45AM -0.24	7:29PM 0.81		8:20AM -0.15		8:28PM 0.74	9:26AM 0.49		9:33PM 0.64	10:04AM 0.69		11:31PM 0.54	11:08AM 0.37		12:22AM 0.84	11:00AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	15	19	19	14	13	15	14	30	19	14	30	17	16	15	14	13	17	19	16	14
Low °C	17	15	12	18	18	11	12	15	12	28	19	12	28	17	15	14	14	12	14	18	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	19	19	14	12	15	14	30	19	14	30	17	15	15	13	13	17	19	15	13
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	1.3 NNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.0 S	2.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	14	10	10	13	10	11	10	9	9	10	9	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	11	16	9	15	9	9	13	15	18	15	18	18	18	16	16	15	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	9

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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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	10	9	10
Energy(?)	619	875	471	306	612	942	1426	1603	1375	1026	1742	1224	962	937	595	1137	1017	608	1058	400	747	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:20PM 1.91				1:44PM 1.42				11:53PM 1.90					2:29PM 2.19			1:08AM 2.65					2:42PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			5:57AM 0.12				5:50PM 0.88				7:59AM -0.33				6:36PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	11	19	16	16	21	14	13	13	15	14	16	19	18	14	14	14	12	12	16	19	14
Chill °C (?)	15	11	19	16	16	21	14	13	13	15	14	15	19	18	14	13	14	12	12	16	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	16	9	9	9	10	10	17	10	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	19	19	16	17	12	17	17	17	17	17	12	15	17	11	9	16	16	10	16	15	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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