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

	Fri		Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Fri
	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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	4	3	7	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	9	10	10	7	11	13	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	11	8	10	9
Energy	1211	1962	1923	1013	8194	3133	3342	2206	2784	1059	2186	1039	2361	1758	1179	1731	1958	949	711	1023	1224	1068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:40PM 1.80	11:53AM 1.23		10:31PM 1.78	11:39AM 1.53		10:50PM 1.99	12:10PM 1.39		12:38AM 2.04		3:07PM 1.38	12:45AM 2.28		4:11PM 1.30	1:13AM 2.09		4:41PM 1.69	4:09AM 2.45		6:13PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	3:22PM 0.63	4:35AM -0.48		3:15PM 0.99		5:01AM -0.08	4:53PM 0.85		5:28AM -0.08	5:48PM 1.25		7:29AM -0.07	7:45PM 0.95		10:14AM -0.41			9:25AM 0.14		10:32PM 1.49	10:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	17	21	13	18	21	17	15	25	13	23	19	19	16	15	19	21	21	13	15	19
Low °C	20	10	11	21	8	14	19	14	15	24	9	21	15	16	13	15	15	20	20	12	14	19
Chill °C (?)	20	14	17	21	12	18	21	16	15	25	11	23	19	19	16	14	19	21	21	12	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	11	13	13	12	12	12	16	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	11	8	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	14	15	15	14	13	18	13	16	16	17	16	14	14	21	16	19	19	15	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	2.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	9	10	10	7	11	12	12	-	-	11	9	-	10	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	10	9

	Friday 15				Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Mon
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	7	9	9	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 NW	5.0 NW	5.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	7	11	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy	1013	1211	1378	3004	1962	4206	4136	1923	1915	1013	2473	1504	8194	10114	10644	3133	1807	3342	2940	4062	2206	3693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:39PM 2.38								9:32PM 2.08					11:39AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22PM 0.63				4:56AM -0.43				3:15PM 0.99					5:32AM -0.49			4:53PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	15	10	10	9	11	17	22	21	13	19	9	9	13	18	19	21	15	15	15	12
Chill °C (?)	20	20	15	10	9	9	11	17	22	21	11	19	9	8	12	18	19	21	14	14	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	10	15	10	10	14	14	14	14	7	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	10	15	19	10	14	14	14	13	18	18	18	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 NW	5.0 NW	5.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	7	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Marina CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	7	9	9	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	997	1042	1013	1120	1131	1211	726	1356	1378	1378	1318	3004	3124	3188	1962	1971	4250	4206	4114	4026	4136	4246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											9:39PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)					3:22PM 0.63													4:56AM -0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	21	21	20	18	19	15	13	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	21	21	20	18	19	15	13	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	15	15	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	18	18	17	17	16	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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