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

	Sat	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25
	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	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Harbor Entrance at Eureka CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	7	9	5	5	4	9	9	9	5	4	4	5	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	3.0 NW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	16	14	16	12	13	13	19	18	15	14	13	13	19	13	15	16	16	15	15	13
Energy(?)	1339	2860	12850	8106	4322	2642	2002	3881	8419	5422	3482	2091	2287	2653	5034	5488	7780	8580	11069	8821	7202	6315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:08PM 1.82	10:03AM 1.54		10:11PM 1.71	9:58AM 2.02		8:53PM 1.79	12:03PM 2.30		1:46AM 2.07	1:01PM 2.51		2:04AM 1.68	1:27PM 2.48		1:23AM 1.51	11:41AM 1.99		3:56AM 1.89		2:36PM 2.44	4:23AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			4:10PM 0.15	3:48AM 0.81		4:32PM 0.15	2:24AM 0.70	6:02AM 0.70	6:48PM 0.01		7:03AM 0.85	7:52PM -0.03		7:33AM 0.98	6:20PM 0.06		5:36AM 1.24		9:03PM -0.00	9:02AM 1.78		9:43PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	38	-	-	8	1	-	8
High °C	18	14	14	13	21	14	12	20	16	16	16	14	13	15	15	13	17	16	14	13	14	13
Low °C	18	12	14	11	17	13	11	15	16	14	13	14	12	12	14	11	15	16	13	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	18	14	12	12	21	13	11	20	16	16	16	12	11	15	15	9	16	16	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	3.0 NW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	13	16	14	16	12	13	13	19	18	15	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	16	15	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	17	-	14	16	16	24	22	13	15	15	15	23	21	19	9	14	20	19	19	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	9	9	7	7	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	4.5 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 W	4.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	16	14	14	12	11	20	20	19
Energy(?)	3377	1017	1072	2004	1990	1037	1372	12204	12005	9860	8106	6451	6159	3834	1715	3422	3033	3258	1510	5350	6107	13245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:43PM 1.31				9:31AM 1.62					12:21AM 2.13								1:04AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	5:04PM 0.41			3:20AM 0.69					5:40PM 0.26				5:35AM 0.47			4:40PM 0.46					6:47AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	17	17	17	19	22	21	15	12	13	11	11	9	12	20	20	18	13	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	17	17	17	19	22	21	15	11	13	11	10	8	12	20	20	18	13	9	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	4.5 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.5 W
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	16	14	14	12	11	13	13	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.9 W	2.2 W	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	9	16	8	15	15	14	16	15	-	14	14	16	-	13	13	16	15	16	20	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	9	9	7	7	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 WNW	5.0 W	5.5 W	5.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	15	14	14	13	12	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3755	1136	1256	2751	2809	1485	646	2156	1894	2802	2906	2891	1817	3202	1105	1939	1811	1318	3894	10973	13529	13529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	on	on	on	on	on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					9:24PM 1.75												9:36AM 1.98		11:47AM 2.45	12:08PM 3.35
Low Tide / height (m)	5:04PM 0.41												5:02AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	19	18	18	18	18	20	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	21	21	12	14	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	19	18	18	18	18	20	10	11	11	11	11	13	11	18	21	21	12	12	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	16	16	16	9	16	14	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	5.0 W	5.5 W	5.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	15	15	15

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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