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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	La Push Washington	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 NW	1.5 W	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	10	16	16	8	10	11	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	12	12	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	222	586	339	495	519	381	1778	1570	1818	873	688	356	406	474	1066	735	656	1358	575	859	482	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 2.02		9:04AM 1.65	7:47PM 2.04	8:59PM 2.49	8:12AM 1.40	6:46PM 1.58		8:37AM 1.48		11:22PM 2.14	9:54AM 1.82		11:05PM 1.70	11:52AM 1.66		11:56PM 1.63	12:09PM 1.69		10:59PM 1.74	12:40PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 1.05		1:18AM -0.07	1:55PM 1.15		4:02AM 0.41	1:43PM 0.52		2:27AM -0.08		2:21PM 0.40			4:59PM 0.45		5:21AM 0.17	5:59PM 0.34		5:51AM 0.30	6:12PM 0.65	4:49AM 0.72	6:18AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	26	15	22	24	20	18	16	15	18	19	14	16	17	16	21	21	19	15	20	19	17
Low °C	17	25	14	19	22	17	16	15	13	15	18	12	14	17	15	16	21	16	12	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	21	26	15	22	24	20	18	14	15	18	19	13	16	17	16	21	21	19	15	20	19	16
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	6	16	10	10	10	8	10	15	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	12	12	9	10	18	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	12	13	16	16	15	15	19	14	14	14	10	14	14	13	15	13	14	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	11	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	6	6	8	5	10	6	-

	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 S	0.7 S	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	18	18	18	11	16	15	16	16	16	10	15	16	7	7	11	8	10	10	14	10
Energy(?)	1116	563	594	659	622	511	523	1039	577	572	582	553	407	672	898	1225	1074	2226	1956	588	384	1631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.19	8:28AM 1.58			5:54PM 1.65				7:46AM 1.30	10:25AM 1.76				8:38PM 1.77				10:12AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 0.35				12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				1:29PM 1.10	2:32PM 0.83				3:33AM -0.05				3:28PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	21	23	25	24	21	22	28	23	23	22	18	22	22	16	17	13	15	14	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	28	21	23	25	24	21	22	28	23	23	22	18	22	22	16	17	12	15	14	21	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 S	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	16	8	18	9	9	11	16	15	16	16	16	10	15	7	12	7	15	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	13	18	18	18	12	11	16	12	12	12	9	16	16	12	15	15	15	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	11	8	-	-	2	-

	Tuesday 16
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	16	10	18	19	18	8	18	16	18	18	18	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18
Energy(?)	1094	702	615	600	608	270	614	1040	594	588	622	478	642	480	565	524	519	535	567	346	644	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:19AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 0.35														1:22PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	21	22	21	21	17	23	28	23	25	26	21	22	23	17	21	18	21	17	22	22	18
Chill °C (?)	28	21	22	21	21	17	23	28	23	25	26	21	22	23	17	21	18	21	17	22	22	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	10	18	9	9	8	18	16	18	18	18	11	10	18	7	8	18	18	8	18	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 S	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 NW
Period (s)	7	19	13	19	10	9	13	8	13	13	13	6	18	9	18	18	12	12	18	8	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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