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 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			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	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 W	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	12	11	12	11	10	10	14	12	12	11	13
Energy(?)	5767	1924	936	1204	1454	2427	1190	1324	1245	1709	1127	548	534	968	851	1114	444	1208	1038	872	1719	1735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:09PM 2.31		4:49AM 2.35	2:03PM 1.74		5:08AM 2.37	3:21PM 1.55		5:00AM 1.89	4:50PM 1.41		5:35AM 1.95	6:17PM 1.36		6:07AM 2.00		8:24PM 1.15	8:21AM 2.28		9:32PM 1.19	7:16AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			10:31PM -0.12	10:31AM 1.13		10:09PM 0.56	11:11AM 1.30		9:55PM 0.62	11:34AM 0.95		10:39PM 0.79	12:35PM 0.78		11:21PM 0.94		3:02PM 0.53	12:48AM 0.77		2:00PM 0.08	1:31AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	10	16	20	23	21	13	21	21	17	21	19	11	13	11	11	12	14	15	18	15	15	15
Low °C	10	15	19	22	20	12	18	18	15	21	19	10	11	11	10	11	12	13	16	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	16	20	23	21	13	21	21	17	21	19	11	13	10	10	11	14	15	18	14	14	15
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 SW	2.2 W	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	12	11	12	11	16	10	14	12	8	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	16	6	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	16	16	12	15	9	14	12	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09						Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.6 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3677	3894	5069	4026	1061	2167	2613	1249	1658	1204	1599	1454	1413	1426	1447	1805	3616	3320	3178	1324	3028	1311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	4:20AM 2.08			3:07PM 2.56				3:32AM 1.76				2:03PM 1.74					5:41AM 2.37			3:11PM 1.16	4:09PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48AM 0.93				9:20PM 0.32				8:47AM 1.23				9:08PM 0.44					11:31AM 0.91			9:48PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	10	9	19	14	13	19	20	22	23	21	20	20	20	20	10	15	15	21	14	17
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	7	19	14	13	19	20	22	23	21	20	20	20	20	10	15	15	21	14	17
Sunrise	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.6 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	7	12	10	6	15	12	16	16	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	1.8 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4167	3870	3677	5104	1092	2006	1975	1100	1067	1137	1108	1090	1022	1193	1061	1074	1933	1992	3334	496	2001	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:20AM 2.08								12:56PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	10	19	15	16	23	23	23	21	20	19	18	19	19	9	14	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	8	19	15	16	23	23	23	21	20	19	18	19	19	5	14	11	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	1.8 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	14	16	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-

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

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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