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

	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	6	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	4.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	4.5 NNW
Period(s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10
Energy	6814	5964	1578	4370	1491	750	1217	1277	971	3627	1056	1223	1153	1069	1386	1007	2295	1309	2436	1398	2278	3713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:52PM 1.13	12:52PM 1.26		10:28PM 2.45	1:32PM 1.60		11:50PM 2.39			1:37AM 2.01		4:04PM 1.39	1:46AM 2.12		5:18PM 1.34	3:43AM 1.59		6:13PM 1.40		5:20AM 1.63	6:48PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22AM -0.56	3:59PM 1.07		6:34AM -0.11	5:35PM 1.23		7:55AM -0.50	5:53PM 1.23		8:26AM 0.02			9:55AM 0.14		9:52PM 0.81	10:51AM 0.30		12:02AM 0.96	12:09PM -0.04		1:23AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	20	13	18	21	15	21	18	16	23	17	15	16	19	15	15	17	11	15	14	11
Low °C	11	11	19	11	18	19	14	16	17	10	22	16	14	15	19	13	13	17	10	13	14	10
Chill °C (?)	11	16	20	11	18	21	14	21	18	15	23	17	15	16	19	15	15	17	10	15	13	10
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	4.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	17	9	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	18	13	16	16	16	14	15	16	13	16	13	19	15	16	18	11	14	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	3.5 NNW	-	2.5 NW	4.5 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	9	-	10	10

	Sat		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	5	5	4	8	6	4	4	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	8	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1063	5394	6814	2462	7542	5964	2236	1578	5411	6943	4370	3370	3310	1491	1201	750	1715	2344	1217	1413	1532	1277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 1.78					12:52PM 1.26			10:50PM 1.99					1:32PM 1.60				11:50PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)					5:40AM -0.09			3:59PM 1.07					5:28AM -0.08				5:45PM 0.92				7:29AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	9	12	9	17	16	19	20	16	17	12	12	14	18	17	21	17	14	15	15	18	21
Chill °C (?)	16	9	11	8	17	16	19	20	15	17	11	10	14	18	17	21	17	13	14	14	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	10	10	11	12	11	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	16	18	18	16	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	-	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	11	-	12	11	12	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16						Sunday 17
	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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Devereux CAL - Santa Barbara	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Marina CAL - Monterey	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura
Rating	4	5	5	4	8	6	4	4	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy	2099	2145	1063	1055	1487	5394	5517	5721	6814	6896	5090	2462	2460	8599	7542	7722	5921	5964	6071	1151	2236	1290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					9:37PM 2.45	10:31PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)													5:22AM -0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	15	15	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	17	19	15	16	17	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	17	15	16	15	14	9	9	9	11	10	8	8	8	7	17	19	15	16	17	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	7	7	13	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	-	-	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	-	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	-	12	13

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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
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
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