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 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NNW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	2.4 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	10	16	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	10	10	8	10	16	9	16	15	9	13	11
Energy	828	4573	1192	959	3312	1298	1314	1283	856	1303	1566	928	1150	1228	587	489	1187	613	755	1082	579	1104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 2.12		2:36PM 1.58	1:37AM 2.01		4:04PM 1.39	1:46AM 2.12		5:18PM 1.34	4:07AM 1.84		6:13PM 1.40			5:56PM 1.78		6:10AM 1.75	7:41PM 1.63		8:09AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	5:35PM 1.23		7:55AM -0.50	6:36PM 1.28		7:58AM 0.05			11:12AM -0.29		10:26PM 0.86	10:51AM 0.30		12:02AM 0.96	11:45AM 0.47		1:23AM 0.80	12:35PM 0.64		2:24AM 1.05	1:48PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	15	21	25	16	18	15	14	12	18	12	14	17	11	13	15	11	13	12	12	13	19
Low °C	21	10	16	24	10	18	15	13	11	17	11	13	16	10	11	15	10	11	12	10	11	16
Chill °C (?)	23	14	21	25	15	18	15	14	11	18	11	14	17	10	12	14	10	12	11	12	12	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	2.4 NNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	16	9	10	14	13	13	16	12	11	10	9	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	14	15	16	16	13	13	19	15	10	18	18	10	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	16	-	10	13	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	12	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	9	13	10	12	9	12	12	10
Energy	2022	828	1488	1129	4573	1287	1455	1192	778	959	1582	1305	3312	1633	2799	1298	755	1314	2289	1207	1283	1283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:10PM 1.39				12:44AM 2.12					2:36PM 1.58			1:37AM 2.01					4:04PM 1.39			1:46AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			5:45PM 0.92				7:29AM -0.07				6:46PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	23	20	16	10	15	18	21	21	25	17	17	10	15	11	18	13	15	10	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	23	20	15	8	14	18	21	21	25	17	17	8	15	10	18	13	14	8	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	0.3 S	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	12	16	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	13	13	9	13	10	16	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	12	18	18	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	16	14	21	16	16	13	16	13	13	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	1.4 NW	-	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	16	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	13	-	9	9	-	12	9	-	-	-

	Monday 18	Tuesday 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	16	10	10	10	10	15	10	10
Energy	2271	2143	2022	2059	1912	828	894	1251	1488	1472	1519	1129	1924	1059	4573	1123	1186	1287	1298	4337	1455	1441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)							5:48PM 1.25														7:29AM -0.07
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	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	15	23	25	18	20	18	15	16	10	15	10	14	14	15	15	11	18	20
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	15	15	23	25	18	20	18	15	15	8	14	8	13	13	14	15	9	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	15	15	15	15	12	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	-	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	8	-	16	-	-	-	-	15	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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