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 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	13	12	13	12	19	17	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	17	17	15	14	16	14
Energy(?)	6474	4764	2092	1557	750	4934	3467	5101	8388	7545	6040	5357	1580	2057	2014	2017	3191	2502	1929	1453	1832	1244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:00AM 2.02	4:26AM 2.00	4:17PM 1.49		5:07AM 2.01	6:07PM 1.65		4:06AM 1.84	5:52PM 1.21	7:43PM 1.58	6:57AM 2.43		9:17PM 1.62	7:51AM 2.30		9:31PM 1.82	8:33AM 2.47		11:22PM 1.73	9:27AM 2.38		11:59PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		10:39AM 0.65		10:14PM 0.43	11:47AM 0.55		8:59PM 0.94	11:45AM 0.75		12:12AM 1.11		2:30PM 0.42	1:13AM 1.27		2:36PM 0.67	1:27AM 1.58		4:09PM 0.14	3:45AM 1.17		4:50PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	9	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	21	14	21	18	17
Low °C	7	11	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	9	11	19	13	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	7	12	8	9	12	9	9	10	11	11	14	14	13	14	14	12	13	21	13	21	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	14	13	12	13	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	17	17	15	14	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	4	11	21	19	10	-	-	13	12	12	21	18	12	12	11	10	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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	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	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	10	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	19
Energy(?)	8255	8543	7174	6158	5321	3622	3246	3444	3035	1384	1502	1455	1450	3211	1030	1664	4105	3468	3467	3443	3540	5101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:26AM 2.00			2:06PM 1.39					5:30AM 2.45				6:07PM 1.65				6:12AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35PM 0.19									10:40PM 0.63				11:37AM 1.05				11:49PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	7	6	6	6	7	7	13	14	13	8	9	9	9	10	13	11	10	10	11	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	4	5	5	13	13	12	6	7	7	7	8	13	11	8	8	10	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	10	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	21	15	23	22	21	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 08							Friday 09
	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	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	8799	10573	9825	9232	9120	7531	5476	7009	6635	6186	5957	5603	5265	5212	3710	4040	3886	3622	3666	2888	2808	2365
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													4:49AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)																				11:37AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	8	7	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	4	5	7	7	8	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	6	7	6	5	7	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	16	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	13	15	-	14	14	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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