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 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			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	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	7	9	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	5.5 WNW	2.4 NW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	15	16	16
Energy(?)	1441	969	1202	1211	1082	570	382	422	15329	3391	11342	8139	5243	3273	1757	1133	1251	1629	1075	1401	4733	2805
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:33PM 2.39	1:01PM 2.89	2:46AM 2.40		1:05PM 2.67	2:28AM 1.64		1:28PM 1.62	3:26AM 2.43		1:16PM 1.22	2:57AM 1.40		2:47PM 1.43	3:22AM 1.80		4:22PM 1.30		5:28AM 2.43	6:53PM 1.70		5:18AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			8:00PM -0.38	8:06AM 0.97		7:44PM -0.17	8:33AM 0.79		8:41PM 0.44	7:56AM 0.66		7:56PM 0.17	9:38AM 1.00		8:13PM 0.78	10:54AM 0.88		10:46PM 0.85	12:44PM 0.92		10:49PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	10	10	13	16	15	10	15	15	9	14	10	8	10	11	11	12	12	10	13	12	10	18
Low °C	8	9	12	15	14	9	13	13	8	13	9	7	8	11	10	11	10	9	11	11	10	17
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	16	15	10	15	14	6	13	8	6	9	10	10	12	12	9	13	12	8	18
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	5.5 WNW	2.4 NW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	16	15	15	14	23	22	14	15	-	-	-	14	14	13	21	-	16	15	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	5	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	20	21
Energy(?)	1057	1162	1083	1017	1043	1068	1053	1319	1099	1214	1157	1048	1047	1082	1000	783	768	2102	1323	1837	1833	550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:04AM 2.36			12:14PM 2.87								11:48AM 2.13					2:53AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)				7:10AM 1.02				7:02PM -0.33			5:38AM 0.69				6:21PM 0.19					8:18AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	8	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	10	9	10	12	15
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	10	11	14	15	15	14	14	12	10	7	8	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	15	16	16	15	6	15	15	5	15	21	21	20	20	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1214	845	807	807	1168	1011	1027	1438	1152	489	512	512	589	649	764	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)													10:58AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)									6:22AM 1.33												6:48PM -0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	9	8	8	8	7	9	8	9	8	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	9	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	7	4	6	6	6	6	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	8	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.5 SE	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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