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

	Mon	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	10	9	9	11	11	12	11	14	11	14	15	15	8	13	7	22	20	19	18
Energy(?)	1686	1421	1014	1423	541	671	478	679	2582	1834	996	1434	1322	795	638	772	345	687	855	2126	2279	1723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:25AM 1.21	4:24AM 1.94	2:25PM 2.27		5:13AM 1.98			4:19AM 1.54	2:10PM 1.63		5:04AM 1.73	3:39PM 1.52		7:18AM 2.33		7:16PM 1.98	7:54AM 2.55		8:37PM 1.87	8:41AM 2.52		8:58PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		8:52AM 1.39		9:53PM 0.09	9:58AM 1.37		8:57PM 0.48	8:41AM 1.37		11:31PM 0.37	10:50AM 1.21		12:20AM 0.42		1:40PM 0.80	1:21AM 0.62		2:37PM 0.53	2:03AM 0.70		3:56PM 0.05	2:03AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	21	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	22	20	11	9	12	12	13	12	12	12	16	11	18	18	11	16	11	8	15	13	13
Low °C	16	17	18	10	8	11	10	13	12	11	11	14	9	18	18	7	13	11	7	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	16	22	20	8	7	11	10	13	11	9	12	15	11	18	17	8	15	9	7	15	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	10	9	9	11	11	12	11	9	15	14	15	15	8	8	12	11	20	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	13	13	-	11	11	9	18	12	15	14	12	12	15	12	13	13	15	22	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	4	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26								Thursday 27
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	10	13	13	10	10	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1086	1283	1264	1135	1019	1210	1175	1007	1013	1111	592	519	1209	876	582	1263	1327	1266	1064	1140	1106	796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:24AM 1.94		12:07PM 1.86						5:13AM 1.98			3:28PM 2.26					6:07AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	6:51PM -0.04	9:08PM 0.01								9:50PM 0.15				9:58AM 1.37					10:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	14	9	8	8	8	20	20	21	18	7	18	18	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	14	8	7	6	6	20	20	21	18	4	18	18	8	8	8	6	5	7	8	8	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	10	13	13	10	10	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	1.0 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	6	6	13	13	11	7	13	18	9	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	1.5 S	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 24							Tuesday 25
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1258	1471	1449	1428	1428	1830	1775	2321	1686	931	1522	1501	1135	1019	1019	591	510	451	713	716	616	639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)												3:23AM 1.51	4:24AM 1.94									1:37PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)																	8:58AM 1.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	10	9	9	9	16	16	14	16	7	16	16	8	8	8	5	4	5	9	7	7	13
Chill °C (?)	15	10	8	8	8	16	16	13	15	4	16	15	6	6	6	0	-1	1	7	5	4	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	6	6	13	6	13	5	5	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	2	2	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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