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

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	16	15	10	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	12	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1919	1566	1128	824	426	874	794	867	395	361	302	978	1616	524	1257	1547	1814	891	1444	1320	2548	1882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 1.50	4:48PM 1.01		5:46AM 1.54		8:07PM 1.70	6:07AM 2.00		7:03PM 1.34	5:06AM 1.99		8:34PM 1.41	5:54AM 2.11		11:05PM 1.99	9:49AM 2.58		12:04AM 1.94	10:25AM 2.60		12:50AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		11:31AM 0.57		10:40PM 0.42	12:30PM 0.38	2:13PM 0.63	1:24AM 0.86			11:36PM 1.02	12:20PM 0.47	1:59PM 0.09	12:43AM 1.16		4:31PM 0.16			5:09PM -0.03		4:30AM 1.29	6:12PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	21	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	13	21	19	19	12	13	12	13	11	14	18	18	15	20	16	13	14	18	16	13	13	11
Low °C	12	21	19	18	10	12	11	12	11	13	17	15	15	17	15	12	13	15	12	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	13	21	19	19	11	12	11	12	11	13	18	18	14	20	15	12	14	18	15	13	13	9
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:21	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 NW	1.3 W	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	16	15	10	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	12	11	11	10	12	10	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 W	1.2 NW	1.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	13	12	12	14	7	16	16	16	15	8	14	13	13	14	12	10	12	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	14	13	15	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1346	1311	1112	1085	1018	1248	1005	1196	1159	1049	1055	551	621	639	838	1060	903	763	653	807	1014	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:10AM 1.50				4:22PM 1.38				5:35AM 1.95					8:07PM 1.70				8:11AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48PM 0.25														2:05PM 0.74				1:24AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	14	12	15	20	16	17	18	16	17	20	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	14	13	12	15	20	16	17	18	16	17	20	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	14	13	15	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-

	Thursday 11							Friday 12
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	14	15	15	15	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1324	1346	1346	1345	1328	2275	2035	2123	2334	2060	692	1337	1989	892	1171	1139	1375	1248	1188	1037	1030	999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													5:00AM 1.89		6:31AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)																						1:34PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	15	15	13	13	21	19	19	18	17	20	18	11	12	12	12	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	14	14	13	13	21	19	19	18	17	20	18	9	10	11	12	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	14	15	15	15	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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