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

	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	11	14	10	10	18	9	9	10	17	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	598	1263	2061	948	937	507	781	1151	256	351	2777	1519	540	1547	1361	476	419	535	697	452	640	421
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:43PM 1.31		11:01PM 2.20		2:17PM 1.47	12:42AM 1.85		2:42PM 1.42	1:20AM 1.75		3:10PM 1.92	2:07AM 1.60		3:58PM 1.58	3:18AM 1.42		4:47PM 2.50		5:09AM 1.55	4:59PM 2.19		6:18AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 0.89		7:21AM -0.31	6:55PM 0.91		7:45AM -0.24	7:29PM 0.81		8:18AM 0.30		8:28PM 0.74	9:26AM 0.49		9:33PM 0.64	10:04AM 0.69		11:31PM 0.54	11:08AM 0.37		12:22AM 0.84	11:33AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	15	17	19	14	18	15	14	30	15	14	30	13	19	13	17	15	14	21	16	16
Low °C	17	15	12	16	18	11	15	15	12	28	15	12	28	13	19	13	17	14	12	19	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	17	19	14	18	15	14	30	14	14	30	11	19	13	17	14	13	21	15	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	14	10	10	18	15	9	10	9	10	10	16	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	15	11	16	16	15	11	9	16	16	13	20	15	18	17	16	16	12	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	9	9	-	-	10	-	10	10	-

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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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	9	9	10	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	857	1011	471	861	669	995	1569	1645	1488	800	817	1363	1017	649	595	1176	1017	624	1202	471	885	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:20PM 1.91				1:44PM 1.42				11:53PM 1.90					2:16PM 1.36			1:08AM 2.65					3:02PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			5:57AM 0.12				5:50PM 0.88				7:09AM 0.14				6:36PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	19	18	16	21	14	13	13	12	15	16	19	17	14	14	14	12	12	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	11	19	18	16	21	14	13	13	12	15	15	19	17	14	13	14	12	12	16	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	16	9	9	17	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	19	16	17	12	17	17	12	17	17	17	15	17	9	9	16	16	10	16	15	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	-	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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