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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7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Sat
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	10	9	14	14	10	10	18	9	9	16	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	13
Energy(?)	918	780	496	400	795	356	351	1040	745	540	1107	690	575	853	371	449	730	684	396	767	599	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 2.19	1:09AM 2.08		3:02PM 2.26	1:53AM 2.53		3:59PM 1.87	1:17AM 1.85		3:43PM 2.01	3:03AM 1.81		4:47PM 2.50	4:53AM 1.99		5:31PM 2.58	2:18AM 0.99	5:56AM 1.20	2:23PM 1.48		8:16AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		7:21PM 1.45		8:15AM 0.22		8:11PM 1.39	8:50AM 0.33			8:53AM 0.44		9:35PM 1.09	10:26AM 0.14		11:13PM 1.02	10:45AM 0.92		8:34PM 0.68	11:11AM 0.58		1:52AM 0.13	12:51PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	14	16	17	29	30	14	14	30	13	13	29	15	15	16	19	13	16	16	14	21
Low °C	17	18	11	13	17	27	29	14	11	28	13	12	28	15	12	14	18	12	14	16	12	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	13	16	17	29	30	14	14	30	12	11	29	15	14	16	19	12	16	16	14	21
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:21	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	9	14	14	10	10	18	9	9	16	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	1.5 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	17	11	16	15	15	9	9	13	15	13	15	9	10	18	12	16	18	16	15	15	15	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.3 NW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	9

	Saturday 12						Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Little River State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	19	10	10
Energy(?)	952	918	974	780	1032	1137	963	566	321	400	314	314	893	1055	1228	1228	1430	351	716	292	3176	3113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:29PM 2.19			1:08AM 2.65					2:37PM 1.85			1:53AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	7:40AM 0.17				7:21PM 1.45				7:07AM 0.19					8:11PM 1.39						4:35PM 0.76		9:24PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	19	18	16	16	14	12	17	16	16	16	13	14	15	16	17	30	15	31	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	20	19	18	16	15	14	11	17	16	16	16	13	14	15	16	17	30	15	31	11	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	8:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	17	17	17	11	11	16	16	10	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	15	15	9	14	19	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	10	10

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