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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	Wednesday 30			Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	1	3	2	2	4	2	1	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	6	7	17	7	8	8	16	10	15	7	11	13	7	8	14	7	8	17	8	8	7
Energy(?)	170	249	405	366	373	510	151	352	754	363	943	590	832	578	641	350	567	988	554	538	1463	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:45AM 1.29		4:55PM 1.58		5:03AM 0.87	4:39PM 1.45		8:52AM 1.04	6:30PM 1.18		9:18AM 1.06	6:45PM 1.47		8:40AM 1.10	5:02PM 1.41		8:25AM 1.36	7:33PM 2.06		10:32AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 0.37	7:28PM 0.95	9:27PM 0.95	7:50AM 0.56		11:20PM -0.36	9:17AM 0.74		12:32AM -0.52	1:18PM 0.88		12:09AM 0.71	12:19PM 0.95		2:43AM 0.16	10:44AM 1.08		3:33AM 0.08	12:05PM 1.20		1:29AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	14	19	22	16	25	21	20	20	21	21	20	26	19	32	22	13	32	21	18	21
Low °C	17	20	12	18	21	12	21	21	18	14	20	19	19	25	18	28	22	13	30	21	15	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	12	19	22	14	25	21	20	20	21	21	20	26	19	32	22	11	32	21	18	21
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	8:09	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	12	17	7	17	16	8	16	10	7	18	11	13	16	8	14	15	15	17	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	12	17	11	11	16	11	14	15	14	16	16	13	16	8	11	14	13	13	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	-	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	7	8	-	6	7	-	7	6	7	7	-	7	7	8	5	8	8	7

	Wednesday 30						Thursday 31								Friday 01
	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	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Celestino Sinaloa	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	19	7	16	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	16	7	8	8	10	10	7	15	16	20	8
Energy(?)	502	221	133	124	652	900	802	703	689	362	271	397	768	1108	1031	921	843	428	524	197	610	1358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:11PM 1.51				3:16AM 0.98												4:10PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						9:48PM -0.23					11:02AM 0.37				11:16PM 0.55		5:05AM 0.80	10:50AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	12	18	24	20	15	13	15	15	16	14	16	20	14	15	15	27	29	18	20	27	28	17
Chill °C (?)	12	18	24	20	15	13	15	15	16	13	15	20	13	15	15	27	29	18	20	27	28	17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:47	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	16	6	16	7	7	7	7	8	8	16	18	8	8	10	10	16	15	16	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	10	11	16	19	17	17	18	18	18	18	11	11	16	16	16	16	11	13	11	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	1.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	8	8	4	4	7	7	7	-	8

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Celestino Sinaloa	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	16	6	6	19	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	18	18	7	18	17	18	7
Energy(?)	256	204	171	166	236	213	243	204	228	254	213	207	648	301	313	448	448	437	408	91	286	845
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 0.73	7:48AM 0.76		9:21AM 0.39													10:45PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	17	19	18	16	18	20	20	18	13	15	19	14	18	16	29	28	13	19	19	27	15
Chill °C (?)	11	16	19	18	16	18	20	20	18	11	14	18	12	18	16	29	28	11	19	19	27	15
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	8	6	6	6	16	16	12	16	16	16	8	16	12	12	10	18	16	18	17	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	10	16	16	16	11	12	16	12	19	19	18	19	16	16	18	10	12	8	12	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	-	7

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