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

	Thu	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	7	8	6	5	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	7	11	8	24	22	21
Energy(?)	6638	7575	7231	3140	5758	5901	11424	3589	2013	1831	945	1780	1268	1279	657	460	259	1625	900	934	1595	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:17AM 1.85	1:26PM 2.08		3:32AM 1.55	1:55PM 2.04		4:23AM 1.92		2:30PM 1.98		5:28AM 1.45			5:57AM 1.82	2:40PM 1.41		7:39AM 1.52	5:22PM 1.75		8:25AM 1.62	5:17PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	8:54PM -0.06	7:37AM 0.96		8:39PM -0.05	8:09AM 1.05		9:43PM 0.05	9:40AM 1.07		10:08PM 0.06	9:32AM 1.20		10:03PM 0.52	10:00AM 1.64		12:01AM 0.15	12:00PM 1.22		12:19AM 0.16	1:24PM 1.10		1:56AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	16	1	-	6	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	18	15	15	15	12	14	19	10	18	13	15	18	19	21	19	21	20	21	28	25
Low °C	14	14	17	14	15	14	11	13	19	8	14	13	12	17	18	18	16	19	17	20	27	25
Chill °C (?)	14	13	17	15	13	14	11	14	19	9	18	13	14	18	19	21	19	21	20	21	28	25
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 SW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	8	12	9	6	7	11	8	12	22	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	-	20	13	19	18	18	19	16	16	17	7	12	16	12	12	11	10	10	24	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	11

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	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	9	9	9	9	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13
Energy(?)	8668	6877	6638	6393	6231	6667	6581	7480	7226	6692	5877	3923	3674	3042	1804	9609	14688	13621	10930	8632	6037	4775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:46AM 1.62				2:04PM 2.30				2:26AM 1.46			12:14PM 1.58					4:25AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		8:02PM -0.06			7:37AM 0.96					8:39PM -0.05			6:02AM 1.32					9:21PM -0.00			6:26AM 1.38	8:45AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	5	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	14	14	14	14	18	10	11	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	13	12	11	11	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	13	13	18	10	11	14	14	13	17	16	14	15	13	11	9	10	10	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	21	14	14	14	14	20	8	8	20	19	19	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	9	9	9	9	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	8928	6951	7066	6984	7065	6877	7184	8799	6638	6556	6474	4673	4621	3704	2195	6231	6357	6667	5687	6843	4215	7178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:46AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				8:02PM -0.06									5:36AM 1.24	6:28AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	13	13	14	16	18	16	19	21	19
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	13	13	14	10	12	13	13	13	15	15	12	13	13	15	18	16	18	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	21	14	14	14	14	14	21	21	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	20	20	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	12

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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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