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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	11	14	14	6	14	16	13	9	18	16	8	16	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	9	13
Energy(?)	563	809	369	395	591	333	349	263	473	957	419	663	866	375	617	602	398	488	505	486	654	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:40AM 1.08	3:45PM 1.01	1:20AM 1.45		5:09PM 1.89	3:00AM 1.61			2:51AM 1.26		7:39PM 2.46	4:54AM 1.35			8:24PM 1.00	6:09AM 1.18		8:29PM 1.09	5:57AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.97		9:53AM 0.05		8:54PM 0.98	5:51AM 0.59			11:53AM 0.18		12:11AM 1.05	12:32PM 0.55		12:42AM 0.82	1:33PM 0.07		1:34AM 0.66	12:56PM 0.02	2:43PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	18	11	12	20	12	28	20	8	27	19	11	26	17	12	11	10	9	17	13	11	30
Low °C	13	17	10	10	20	11	26	20	6	25	19	10	24	16	10	10	10	8	17	11	9	28
Chill °C (?)	14	17	9	11	20	10	28	20	5	27	19	10	26	17	11	11	8	8	17	11	9	30
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	14	14	6	8	9	18	16	8	16	15	16	16	7	16	15	8	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	20	10	10	18	6	12	13	11	13	12	14	12	7	9	8	15	7	6	15	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NW	1.9 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	4	5	6	-	6	-	-	5	6	-	5	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	16	11	15	13	13	14	14	8	14	14	14	7	7	6	6	13	18	7	16
Energy(?)	626	522	504	625	337	513	526	530	575	523	1570	337	168	366	596	517	557	526	348	281	502	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						3:48PM 1.26		9:44PM 1.56	1:00AM 1.41								1:44AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			7:51AM 0.05	9:04AM -0.00								9:33AM 0.09								10:51AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	13	13	15	16	13	26	26	13	12	5	14	22	13	17	16	15	14	17	15	18	28
Chill °C (?)	24	13	13	15	16	13	26	26	12	11	2	13	22	12	17	16	15	14	17	15	17	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	11	11	15	13	13	6	6	8	14	14	14	14	13	5	6	8	7	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	4	12	12	16	15	11	19	19	14	14	15	10	10	9	18	18	13	13	13	13	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	8	4	4	5	7	7	6	6	-	-	7	5

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	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	11	11	11	14	14	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	14	15	14	13
Energy(?)	679	501	493	561	349	587	626	572	685	571	292	529	220	613	471	471	814	859	392	578	448	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 1.48														2:23PM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	15	14	13	13	13	24	24	14	16	10	14	19	13	18	18	17	17	19	14	19	25
Chill °C (?)	24	15	14	13	13	13	24	24	13	16	7	13	19	12	18	18	16	16	19	14	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	15	15	11	11	11	14	14	15	15	17	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	0.9 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	21	12	12	16	16	16	7	7	12	5	12	15	15	15	12	12	20	20	6	15	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	3	4	-	5	5	11	11	-	-	5	4

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