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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	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wed
	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	Turtles Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	11	12	22	21	14	19	13	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	12	13
Energy(?)	9402	3457	1674	1661	1595	1272	1035	1234	4943	9631	7067	5525	5142	5317	4629	4041	1302	2252	1684	1493	672	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:01AM 1.84	5:59PM 1.99		8:47AM 1.96	7:24PM 1.96		9:00AM 1.76			8:32AM 1.57		8:58PM 2.16	6:15AM 1.60	6:39PM 1.48		9:02AM 1.69	7:25PM 1.52		11:33AM 2.86		11:05PM 1.34	7:35AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	12:40PM 1.37		1:21AM 0.34	1:50PM 1.37	2:03PM 1.23	2:22AM 0.30		2:34PM 0.88	1:07AM 0.16		4:01PM 0.67	3:05AM 0.82	12:36PM 0.37		12:30AM 0.46			1:01AM 0.51	5:22AM 0.59	6:13PM -0.31	3:51AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	19	-
High °C	13	13	16	15	28	24	13	27	14	12	12	11	11	13	11	16	21	15	13	19	13	18
Low °C	12	12	12	12	26	24	9	27	13	11	12	10	11	12	8	14	19	12	12	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	15	28	24	13	27	13	12	12	11	9	11	9	16	21	13	13	19	12	18
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 NW	2.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	22	21	14	19	13	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	19	18	16	9	16	20	20	16	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 NNW	2.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	11	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29						Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	7	8	9	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	22	22	21	10	20	20	13	13	10	18
Energy(?)	6585	7953	8957	7244	5192	4021	3582	3007	2757	3768	900	1022	1602	1285	1272	1089	2524	2015	1435	1310	1580	1676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.84			5:59PM 1.99				7:31AM 1.27								5:47AM 1.31				6:32PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			12:26PM 1.52				1:01AM 0.17							10:50PM 0.50						2:50PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	12	16	15	13	13	24	24	24	12	25	28	16	16	16	24
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	9	7	12	11	16	14	13	13	24	24	24	12	25	28	16	16	16	24
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	12	10	11	22	22	21	10	20	20	13	13	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	16	-	-	21	20	19	11	13	11	10	10	18	17	16	22	16	12	18	17	20	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	4	-	10	-

	Wednesday 29																		Thursday 30
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	7	8	9	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	4.0 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	15	14	14	14	10	15	8	10	14	13	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	11	24
Energy(?)	955	6636	10204	10065	7524	7953	1285	3035	395	619	7001	3683	401	437	488	1366	422	422	3698	3201	1960	901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:51AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)							12:00PM 1.22											10:02PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	12	11	12	14	14	25	21	13	16	26	25	25	20	25	25	9	9	18	25
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	13	25	21	11	16	26	25	25	20	25	25	8	6	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	4.0 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	15	15	14	14	14	10	15	8	15	14	13	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	11	24
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	11	12	-	20	12	12	12	15	19	19	20	19	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	-

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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
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