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

	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	8	8	9	10	10	14	11	19	11	10	11	12	7	9
Energy(?)	1154	471	239	867	627	432	529	537	774	699	2087	1973	747	2763	1580	244	895	403	1839	2551	495	2722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 3.49	1:20PM 2.27		1:52AM 2.44		2:17PM 2.28	2:06AM 2.54	1:57PM 1.37		2:42AM 2.56		4:06PM 1.98	3:30AM 2.66		4:58PM 1.75	2:51AM 1.77		5:43PM 1.09	3:20AM 1.65		7:21PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	5:33PM 0.09		7:14AM 0.17	7:30PM 0.20		8:04AM -0.00			7:34AM -0.09	6:22PM 0.92	8:34PM 0.53	9:39AM -0.20		9:19PM 0.74	10:35AM -0.20		8:49PM 0.89	10:24AM -0.08		8:48PM 1.00	11:25AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-
High °C	12	14	28	17	15	21	26	23	19	22	19	25	10	8	13	25	12	15	11	7	16	10
Low °C	11	10	24	16	14	17	24	20	14	21	14	18	10	7	11	25	11	11	9	6	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	28	16	15	21	26	23	19	22	19	25	8	5	12	25	12	14	8	3	16	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.5 W	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	12	10	11	12	12	12	8	10	9	10	10	14	11	11	11	10	11	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	1.8 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	5	12	10	6	16	7	11	14	14	13	14	14	14	19	19	18	5	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 NNW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	4.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	9	10	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	9

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	10	13	12	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	611	1374	559	819	1023	901	830	611	497	296	701	796	851	718	698	664	590	524	630	711	547	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 1.60				1:23AM 2.31				12:10PM 1.58				1:43AM 2.57				12:55PM 1.48				11:52PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			6:49PM 0.09				7:21AM 0.19				7:22PM 0.20								5:43PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	10	10	10	12	11	12	16	18	26	15	13	13	12	13	16	21	19	19	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	23	8	10	8	11	10	11	16	18	26	15	12	12	11	12	16	21	19	19	18	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	15	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	7

	Wednesday 18												Thursday 19
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.1 SW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	11	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	516	1395	745	1081	1271	1025	937	569	656	332	562	819	859	911	900	518	346	344	275	272	187	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 1.60														1:14AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)								6:49PM 0.09											5:07AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	23	11	10	11	11	11	13	17	18	20	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	8	10	9	9	9	8	10	13	23	11	8	10	11	10	13	17	18	20	20	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	2.1 SW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	15	11	11	15	15	15	15	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	5	5	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
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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