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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	13	11	11	10	10	6	11	12	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	10
Energy(?)	865	904	386	775	577	773	360	314	210	995	1924	1247	1446	916	2078	2631	2296	2037	1310	2751	686	2088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:41PM 1.77		5:13AM 1.89	5:50PM 1.33	8:07PM 1.70	6:09AM 1.59		7:03PM 1.34	8:42AM 2.56		10:29PM 1.79	9:15AM 2.55		11:20PM 1.87	9:49AM 2.58		12:04AM 1.94	10:25AM 2.60			10:12AM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)		10:39PM 0.79	12:11PM 0.78		1:24AM 0.86		1:33PM 0.24	11:36PM 1.02		3:40PM 0.22	3:03AM 1.16		4:32PM 0.09	3:48AM 1.24		5:09PM -0.03		4:30AM 1.29	6:12PM -0.10	7:10PM 0.61	4:19AM 1.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	8	16	29	7	7	-	-	-	2	12	12	3	2
High °C	14	15	14	13	11	12	14	15	16	14	15	14	13	14	11	11	9	9	9	11	15	9
Low °C	12	15	12	12	10	11	13	14	12	12	14	14	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	15	8
Chill °C (?)	14	15	13	12	10	11	14	15	16	13	14	14	11	12	10	10	7	6	6	9	15	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	4:35	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	11	13	11	11	10	10	6	11	12	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	1.8 WSW	0.3 SW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	8	7	16	16	15	15	9	14	13	16	16	12	11	15	12	12	13	12	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach 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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1005	1196	1159	1049	544	551	610	669	750	655	821	794	577	622	801	773	676	588	710	727	314	786
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			4:22PM 1.38				5:48AM 1.51					8:07PM 1.70				8:03AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)					12:34AM 0.65					1:58PM 0.59				1:24AM 0.86				3:07PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	15
Temp. °C	15	20	16	15	11	15	16	17	12	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	12	14	13	10	14	11
Chill °C (?)	15	20	16	15	10	15	16	17	11	12	11	10	10	8	10	10	11	13	12	9	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	18	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	19	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12													Saturday 13
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach 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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	12	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	1188	1477	1579	1558	879	845	1109	1297	572	680	660	650	562	554	544	459	451	435	420	245	405	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							4:51PM 1.01		6:33PM 1.90												6:34AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34AM 0.95													12:34AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	21	18	18	15	19	18	15	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	21	18	18	15	19	18	15	9	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	12	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	18	5	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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