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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	5	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	8	9	9	9	10	11
Energy(?)	1252	529	1000	993	1765	1719	2019	857	951	805	521	552	559	515	436	865	1026	2243	2131	729	1052	1759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:00AM 1.62	7:58PM 1.47		7:35AM 1.69		10:40PM 1.85	9:52AM 0.67		8:34PM 1.67			1:43AM 2.57		3:56PM 2.47	2:15AM 2.65		2:59PM 2.07	2:50AM 2.69		4:06PM 1.98	3:52AM 3.69
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 0.70	1:39PM 0.18		1:36AM 0.54		2:29PM 0.24	4:29AM 0.75		2:24PM 0.23	2:39AM 0.27	8:46AM 1.38	7:30PM 0.20		8:04AM -0.00		8:03PM 0.36	8:50AM -0.14		8:40PM 0.55	9:39AM -0.20		9:39PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	10	11	12	13	10	17	16	14	17	18	16	11	27	21	22	11	18	17	25	7
Low °C	18	17	8	10	11	13	9	14	16	12	14	17	14	11	26	18	18	10	17	15	22	6
Chill °C (?)	20	23	10	10	12	13	9	17	15	14	17	18	16	11	27	21	22	8	18	17	25	2
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	18	18	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	11	12	8	15	9	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	12	18	17	17	17	15	15	12	11	10	11	11	16	15	10	9	10	15	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	9	9	9	10	7

	Sun		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	18	16	16	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1707	1501	1246	1108	1271	1036	580	669	1096	1068	1413	1198	1372	1765	1605	1719	1529	1181	1433	1316	1254	1363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:46PM 1.37				7:00AM 1.62				7:58PM 1.47		1:58AM 2.47				12:58PM 2.66				12:47AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 0.70					3:17PM -0.79					5:59AM 0.64				6:25PM 0.01				6:39AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	24	22	25	25	23	22	9	11	11	12	10	13	13	12	11	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	24	22	25	25	23	22	9	10	10	12	10	13	13	11	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	16	8	18	16	16	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	14	4	9	18	12	13	13	18	17	17	17	-	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	1.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	9	8	8	8	10	8	18	18	8	8	8	11
Energy(?)	1707	1707	1707	1687	1501	1279	667	803	1246	1204	412	97	97	104	665	120	199	108	214	208	205	1753
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:46PM 1.37															11:00AM 2.23	11:10AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)									1:08AM 0.70				5:17AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	23	23	23	19	22	19	23	23	4	10	10	10	6	11	12	15	15	16	16	9
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	23	23	19	22	19	23	23	2	9	10	10	5	10	12	15	15	16	16	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	1.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	8	18	17	17	9	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	12	18	8	12	12	13	7	7	11	13	11	11	10	11	18	18	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	4	9	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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