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

	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 NW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	14	16	14	9	9	10	11	11	19	18	18	17	8	16	8	15	9	8	9	19	18	18
Energy	1321	224	1228	1079	953	2370	1451	1793	1205	1491	1013	1549	1284	782	1925	338	1150	1235	1358	839	1075	1398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:10PM 1.52		9:19PM 1.71	12:33PM 1.17		10:04PM 1.61	1:15PM 1.28		10:35PM 1.61	12:36PM 1.43		10:27PM 0.99		2:12PM 1.53	11:31PM 1.61	1:36PM 0.93	2:11PM 1.40	12:33AM 1.98		3:03PM 1.41	11:32PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.68	4:50AM -0.18		4:19PM 0.92		6:08AM -0.19	4:53PM 0.99		5:38AM 0.22	6:18PM 1.47		8:42AM -0.20	5:54PM 1.35		6:37AM -0.10	5:23PM 1.30		9:30AM -0.11	6:08PM 1.33		8:40AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	21	14	15	21	16	15	20	15	18	19	13	11	19	15	16	27	17	15	21	17	17
Low °C	11	20	13	12	19	9	12	19	12	15	19	11	10	18	13	15	26	12	12	21	16	14
Chill °C (?)	10	21	12	15	21	15	14	20	15	18	19	12	9	19	14	15	27	17	15	21	17	17
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	16	14	9	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	8	8	14	8	9	10	18	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	6	13	14	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	21	16	15	18	18	19	19	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	-	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	9	9	10	-	11	-	-	-	10	8	9	8	-	9	8	8	-	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s)	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	8	14	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy	1014	1070	2030	1321	804	224	849	1378	1228	1142	1124	1079	818	953	1082	2115	2370	3238	3415	1451	1211	1793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					11:07AM 1.54			10:49PM 2.66					11:53AM 1.55			10:04PM 1.61					1:48PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16AM -0.20				2:34PM 0.68					5:33AM -0.17			4:19PM 0.92					5:48AM 0.23			4:53PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	14	12	17	21	16	9	13	9	11	15	19	21	15	11	10	10	11	15	16	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	10	16	21	16	9	12	9	10	15	19	21	15	10	10	10	11	14	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	8	14	8	13	9	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	6	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	22	22	21	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	-	1.9 NW	-	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	5	9	-	6	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	11

	Friday 29
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	14
Energy	1043	1014	1014	2094	2161	1070	1032	2034	2030	1168	1514	1321	730	874	804	809	865	224	221	894	849	1738
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						4:16AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	15	13	12	13	17	17	13	13	21	21	17	16	10
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	15	12	10	12	16	16	12	12	21	21	17	16	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	13	14	9	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	9	-	9	5	5	9	9	8

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