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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Celestino Sinaloa	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	19	18	17	18	16	17	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	595	603	985	1158	1132	579	484	564	583	690	510	753	440	735	929	621	543	548	805	1318	837	1210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:50AM 1.45		1:02AM 1.13	12:43PM 1.76			11:28AM 1.32				3:51PM 1.70		8:40AM 1.16	4:47PM 1.34		7:50AM 1.20	5:44PM 1.47		9:26AM 1.51	7:53PM 1.94		8:44AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		7:33PM 0.84	4:57AM 1.01		7:34PM 0.73				11:56PM 0.61			12:19AM 0.47	11:33AM 1.13		12:41AM 0.33	12:07PM 1.00		3:15AM -0.03	1:51PM 1.15		1:27AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	2	1	1	-
High °C	23	30	29	31	30	23	25	26	19	30	28	27	18	30	25	27	22	16	29	29	27	25
Low °C	22	30	27	29	30	22	23	25	14	27	27	25	18	30	25	24	21	14	28	29	26	24
Chill °C (?)	23	30	29	31	30	23	25	26	18	30	28	27	18	30	25	27	22	16	29	29	27	25
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	12	19	18	17	7	16	17	16	15	15	14	7	15	15	16	16	16	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	16	16	11	11	11	18	5	12	10	7	11	17	15	10	11	6	8	14	14	9	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 W	0.9 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	4	4	-	-	5	6	-	3	5	-	10	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29						Saturday 30								Sunday 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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	669	595	589	691	824	890	985	980	1043	1158	828	1132	1211	1076	1091	1173	1164	677	725	525	1053	726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			12:07PM 1.82				11:22PM 0.91				12:43PM 1.76									3:42PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)					5:58PM 0.66			3:51AM 0.78					7:34PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	23	23	23	29	28	28	27	29	31	23	30	28	28	28	27	29	28	23	25	28	24
Chill °C (?)	29	23	23	23	29	28	28	27	29	31	23	30	28	28	28	27	29	28	23	25	28	24
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	19	11	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	7	7	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	19	11	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	17	9	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	6	8	8	7	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	7	4	4	-	-	5	5	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	16	16	16	19	16
Energy(?)	595	470	516	510	659	659	665	665	661	666	696	603	603	830	824	824	890	357	265	199	985	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						10:50AM 1.45																3:00AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)													5:58PM 0.66					10:10PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	22	22	22	30	31	31	30	30	30	23	30	30	29	29	28	28	17	15	22	28	23
Chill °C (?)	28	22	22	22	30	31	31	30	30	30	23	30	30	29	29	28	28	17	14	22	28	23
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	16	16	19	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	16	8	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 NW	-	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	7	7	3	-	5	-	4	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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