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 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	5	8	4	5	4	0	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 W	2.4 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	17	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	18	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	9	9	9	19	10	18
Energy	709	3658	7682	3963	3270	1626	511	1634	1748	2507	3215	1139	1138	1422	209	806	1883	2251	809	1139	1233	1149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:37PM 2.02	8:37PM 1.96	9:41AM 1.51		9:12PM 2.60	9:30AM 1.01	7:59PM 1.74	8:28PM 2.09	10:48AM 1.67		10:44PM 2.21	12:51PM 1.23		9:19PM 1.71	10:39AM 0.98		10:04PM 1.61	1:15PM 1.28		10:35PM 1.61	1:56PM 1.28	2:03PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21AM 0.24		2:48PM 0.51	4:07AM 0.67			3:41AM 0.39		4:11PM 1.36		6:22AM -0.14	3:41PM 0.83	4:50AM -0.18		4:02PM 1.25		6:08AM -0.19	3:41PM 1.19		6:42AM -0.20	6:19PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	11	12	12	13	16	13	15	14	12	13	20	15	16	22	15	15	29	15	16	12
Low °C	15	10	10	11	9	12	15	12	12	13	11	12	18	14	16	21	9	10	28	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	11	11	10	11	13	15	12	14	13	12	12	20	14	16	22	13	14	29	15	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	14	14	13	12	12	14	11	10	16	15	15	14	7	7	14	9	10	20	10	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	17	16	14	16	14	9	14	18	8	8	14	21	14	14	23	22	21	16	19	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	9	14	7	-	8	9	9	9	-	10	10

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	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	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Rockaway CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	6	8	8	9	4	4	4	5	9	5	4	4	0	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 W	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	13	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	11
Energy	830	709	1519	4031	3658	5735	7413	7682	8053	3963	3619	2976	3270	8237	4521	1626	1951	511	2824	3642	1634	1747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:00PM 2.11				9:41AM 1.51				9:14PM 2.02				9:30AM 1.01				9:22PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 0.81					3:20AM 0.84				2:48PM 0.51				3:16AM 0.58								3:41AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	11	10	12	11	13	15	15	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	11	11	10	9	11	12	9	10	8	8	12	10	13	15	14	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	13	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	12	12	14	14	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	15	17	17	17	15	16	16	14	13	13	16	15	-	14	14	9	22	22	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	-	-	1.2 W	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	12	10	10	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	6	8	8	9	4	4	4	5	9	5	4	4	0	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW
Period(s)	13	16	13	17	12	17	17	12	12	17	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	829	465	830	493	510	709	709	1096	1519	1077	2354	4031	3692	4167	3658	5062	5390	5735	7020	6907	7413	7596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			1:20PM 0.81														3:20AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	17	13	17	13	15	15	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	16	12	16	12	14	14	11	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	13	17	12	17	17	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	9	15	9	15	13	13	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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