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

	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sun
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	13	16	9	9	14	14	14	11	15	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	470	1059	524	1148	1414	1580	1072	510	557	576	1467	768	2754	2468	4512	2181	2464	1859	1546	1500	1525	2035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:00AM 2.08		1:14AM 1.31	4:40AM 2.08	3:14PM 2.50		5:45AM 2.09	4:25PM 2.26		5:32AM 1.42	3:55PM 1.70		6:15AM 1.48	5:11PM 1.21	7:11PM 1.94	6:31AM 1.91	6:28PM 1.56		7:00AM 1.97	5:57PM 1.58		5:52AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		6:58PM 0.18	3:52AM 1.26	9:29AM 1.23		10:35PM -0.15	10:51AM 1.22		11:37PM 0.05	10:47AM 0.87		10:55PM 0.47	11:57AM 0.67		1:34AM 0.39	12:53PM 0.87		12:23AM 0.73			11:32PM 0.76	12:33PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11	15	9	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	21	27	12	23	21	9	11	28	17	16	10	12	12	11	13	11	15	14	13	13
Low °C	14	15	20	26	11	22	21	9	10	26	11	13	9	11	11	11	12	10	14	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	21	27	11	23	21	8	10	28	16	15	9	10	9	11	12	10	15	13	12	12
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	11	13	16	9	9	14	14	14	11	15	12	12	15	13	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	16	15	12	15	12	9	9	13	13	16	14	17	16	16	10	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	-	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	6	5	-	8	13	-	12	-	-	-	-	7

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	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	15	14	13	11	13	12	12	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1185	1101	1000	1059	1259	1557	1483	1432	1445	1068	1507	2181	1507	1094	1021	1482	1354	1153	1004	1293	1297	1115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:14PM 2.72					4:40AM 2.08			1:15PM 2.01					4:27AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26AM 1.17					9:34PM -0.34				7:37AM 1.10				8:37PM -0.12	10:35PM -0.15			9:06AM 1.34				8:37PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	17	15	14	14	13	13	24	26	25	21	21	10	22	22	24	23	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	17	15	14	14	13	13	24	26	25	21	21	9	22	22	24	23	20	20	20
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	13	11	13	12	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	12	12	11	11	11	14	15	14	15	15	15	10	15	15	14	14	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1142	1185	1207	494	470	470	449	516	520	333	642	571	375	369	1259	457	455	448	453	766	785	785
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						1:14AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26AM 1.17				8:21AM 1.17											7:58PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	12	13	14	15	16	17	24	23	24	21	20	15	22	22	22	22	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	11	13	14	15	16	17	24	23	24	21	20	15	22	22	22	22	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	17	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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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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