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

	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WSW	4.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	12	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	849	583	420	1407	710	2308	640	745	1883	467	1431	607	680	846	1439	4696	1557	1829	1610	1045	1534	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:56AM 1.83	1:57PM 1.37		1:31AM 1.87		2:17PM 1.52	3:39AM 2.54		3:39PM 1.41	2:18AM 1.70		5:43PM 1.09	3:10AM 1.55		7:00PM 1.49	4:36AM 1.50	5:53AM 1.71	7:35PM 1.52		6:01AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 0.30		7:34AM -0.09	7:12PM 0.45		8:19AM -0.10	6:58PM 1.07	9:47PM 0.65	9:01AM 0.32	7:35PM 1.20		10:01AM -0.09		8:18PM 0.85	11:25AM -0.12		10:21PM 0.91	1:17PM -0.09		11:15PM 0.01	1:34PM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	23	20	19	21	19	25	21	17	15	11	15	16	24	10	9	15	16	25	19	8	13
Low °C	14	20	14	15	20	15	19	19	15	11	10	13	12	22	9	8	14	15	17	18	5	9
Chill °C (?)	16	23	20	19	21	19	25	21	17	15	10	14	16	24	10	7	13	16	25	19	6	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	2.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	4.0 W	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	11	10	14	14	9	9	12	10	11	18	11	12	16	14	15	15	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	14	14	10	21	13	13	20	19	18	15	13	17	12	16	12	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	9	9	9	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	11	11	10	-	-

	Friday 20						Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	11	10	9	9	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9
Energy(?)	589	849	836	968	923	895	711	678	1078	1407	1239	741	2022	2132	2308	2198	2794	1982	1697	675	1973	2038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 1.49				12:46AM 1.78				1:03PM 1.63				12:28AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	7:57AM -0.01				6:38PM 0.30								6:06PM 0.43				7:48AM 0.33				6:36PM -0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	16	15	13	12	15	17	6	19	19	20	19	14	16	15	14	19	14	26	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	14	12	11	14	17	3	19	19	20	19	14	16	14	13	19	13	26	14	15
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 NW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.5 SW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	16	16	11	11	16	11	11	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	21	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	7	7	8	-	10	9	9	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	16	11	16	11	15	15	12	15	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	615	853	906	873	852	849	445	404	824	471	457	598	437	448	418	420	402	413	513	365	420	434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								12:10PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 0.02											5:36PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	15	16	16	23	27	11	25	24	25	23	20	20	19	20	20	15	22	18	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	15	16	16	23	27	11	25	24	25	23	20	20	19	20	20	15	22	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	8	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	6	6	11	6	16	16	16	7	15	15	7	15	11	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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