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

	Sun		Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	6	5	6	9	9	8	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	12	11	11	11	11	16	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	12	14	17	17	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1208	2725	4572	2615	1731	1296	1398	915	1232	1060	855	1732	7161	5258	5036	2564	5096	11538	10287	6284	4858	4131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:30PM 1.92	9:06AM 2.57		10:10PM 1.42	9:25AM 1.58		11:17PM 1.68	8:49AM 2.13		10:57PM 1.57	11:24AM 2.58		12:17AM 1.23	9:44AM 1.68		12:10AM 1.09	12:27PM 2.52		1:21AM 1.49	10:49AM 2.02	1:02PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)	4:15PM 0.27	3:47AM 0.83		3:09PM 0.07	3:16AM 0.74		3:44PM 0.34			4:46PM -0.08	3:16AM 1.23	5:32AM 1.14	4:23PM 0.22	3:52AM 1.05			3:36AM 0.96	6:41AM 1.27			4:41AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	17	27	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	12	8	10	13	8	11	10	9	14	12	12	16	11	11	13	12	12	14	16
Low °C	13	10	11	12	7	9	12	5	8	9	9	10	11	12	15	11	11	12	12	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	11	8	8	10	7	10	11	7	9	9	7	14	10	12	15	11	11	13	10	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	7	13	14	14	14	12	14	17	17	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	18	18	13	17	16	16	16	15	14	7	18	13	13	15	22	-	16	-	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	12	11	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16				Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	15
Energy(?)	1786	1940	1295	1193	2928	1705	1245	4510	4158	6172	4775	2013	4306	1173	1085	1296	1049	1143	1008	1159	1139	1329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:40PM 1.15				9:13AM 2.15													10:03PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)						3:05AM 0.55				3:37PM 0.08				2:21AM 0.73					5:27PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	2	3	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	14	11	12	12	11	13	11	12	8	12	10	10	9	15	10	9	12	12	6
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	12	9	12	11	8	11	9	10	7	11	9	8	9	15	10	8	11	12	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	16	13	13	16	5	5	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	16	17	16	18	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	2.2 NW	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	4	8	-	-	11	11	11	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16													Monday 17
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	13	11	13	11	14	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1779	1763	1453	853	1151	1078	825	1004	556	1547	619	3571	636	711	691	4383	831	4440	4440	1894	1815	3794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											8:34PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)						3:34PM 0.14												3:47AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	3	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	15	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	10	14	10	10	13	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	12	14	8	13	11	11	7	12	7	7	12	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:15
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	13	11	13	11	13	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	5	14	13	14	19	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	3.0 WNW	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	1.1 S	-	-	1.2 SW	-	1.0 N
Period (s)	7	7	-	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	14	3	5	5	-	5	-	-	5	-	6

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
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