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

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Celestino Sinaloa	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	5	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	0.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.7 WNW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	11	9	8	10	9	18	15	12	13	13	13	15	14	15	15	13	13	15
Energy(?)	3382	1983	1194	301	1504	1582	179	644	725	457	382	1004	1243	1753	2833	294	3720	304	1862	3101	576	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 1.92	7:57PM 1.63	8:25PM 1.81	10:21AM 1.84		10:12PM 2.26	11:20AM 2.24		11:06PM 2.36	11:48AM 2.43			12:18PM 2.61		11:24PM 1.63	11:38AM 1.95		12:21AM 1.58	11:25AM 1.80		12:51AM 1.35	11:52AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		2:10PM 0.92	3:24AM 0.09		4:22PM 0.89	4:49AM 0.12		5:08PM 0.62		5:26AM 0.13	5:21PM 0.34	1:39AM 0.27	6:03AM 0.20	3:23PM 0.35		5:15AM 0.31	5:19PM 0.27		5:01AM 0.46	5:27PM 0.16		5:39AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	16	17	14	31	17	16	21	20	15	16	29	27	29	30	28	19	30	15	32	30	15	22
Low °C	14	16	12	29	16	13	17	19	13	12	29	26	27	29	26	14	29	15	30	29	14	21
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	31	16	15	21	20	14	16	29	27	29	30	28	19	30	15	32	30	15	22
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:15	-	-	5:58	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	0.9 NW	3.0 SSW	0.7 NW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	16	9	8	11	9	8	9	12	13	13	13	8	14	7	15	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	10	12	15	11	15	13	18	15	16	17	9	16	11	-	15	6	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 02						Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Venice Breakwater CAL - LA County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	3889	3017	1786	2312	1541	1597	1194	1026	1017	972	747	256	609	1167	1582	1080	1428	1103	871	272	927	1326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:18AM 1.37				9:12PM 2.15				10:52AM 2.07								9:57AM 1.55				8:51PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				2:56PM 1.13				4:08AM 0.16								3:28AM 0.08				2:18PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	12	15	17	30	14	20	13	11	16	17	20	22	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	12	15	16	30	14	20	12	11	16	17	20	22	17	15
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	9	10	10	8	9	15	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	16	16	10	9	15	12	15	15	15	14	14	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

	Thursday 02																		Friday 03
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Venice Breakwater CAL - LA County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.0 S	2.5 WNW	0.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4637	3415	2648	3883	3391	3129	2904	2691	2530	2262	2456	360	1838	166	1468	1885	1710	1308	661	226	649	1389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						10:23AM 1.92								6:20PM 1.92	7:41PM 1.57	8:02PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:13AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	29	16	21	16	13	16	15	16	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	29	16	21	16	13	16	14	16	19	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.0 S	2.5 WNW	0.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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