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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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	7	14	15	8	8	16	15	15	16	14	14	8	14	8	8	8	18	18	16	16	16
Energy(?)	293	570	450	482	412	648	592	723	585	571	727	248	774	357	820	562	932	577	588	897	486	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 1.23	7:22PM 2.21	8:12PM 2.14	11:12AM 1.41		9:26PM 1.87	11:04AM 1.32		10:21PM 1.85	9:06AM 1.44		12:06AM 1.94	1:10PM 1.58		11:54PM 1.47	12:38PM 1.83		1:10AM 1.51	10:54AM 1.90		10:05PM 1.38	1:41PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			3:17AM -0.34		4:17PM 0.75	4:35AM -0.20		4:15PM 0.50			3:13PM 0.72		6:31AM -0.01	6:35PM 0.51		6:15AM 0.49				5:01PM 0.67	3:58AM 0.52	7:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	26	29	19	24	18	22	30	20	17	30	13	17	26	16	19	16	14	20	29	13	16
Low °C	15	25	28	17	23	14	21	30	18	17	30	12	16	26	14	16	15	13	18	29	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	26	29	19	24	18	22	30	20	17	30	11	17	26	15	19	16	13	20	29	13	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:52	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	1.2 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	7	15	14	15	14	14	9	15	8	7	14	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	16	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	8	11	20	10	16	9	15	16	10	14	14	6	14	13	13	14	13	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	5	8	8	8	-	3	-	7	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	7	8	8	8	8	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	577	540	312	408	866	1308	1029	1066	1023	552	543	711	1225	1574	863	1069	1175	601	678	669	723	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:33AM 1.55				8:39PM 1.88				8:29AM 1.34				10:30PM 1.97								10:29PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)				2:56PM 0.89				4:07AM -0.26			1:56PM 0.92	4:33PM 0.83				4:41AM 0.14	5:54AM -0.16			2:36PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	21	21	22	24	14	24	23	23	24	31	21	18	16	15	17	27	15	20	22	21	27	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	24	13	24	23	23	24	31	21	18	16	15	17	27	15	20	22	21	27	17
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	14	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	6	11	18	14	14	14	14	17	14	16	14	14	13	16	13	13	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	8

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	7	15	14	7	7	14	14	14	8
Energy(?)	607	494	328	436	541	424	444	468	498	453	485	478	507	704	400	249	582	572	470	431	450	423
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						10:03AM 1.23										8:43PM 2.22	9:43PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:54AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	17	16	25	25	28	28	30	21	24	20	18	19	25	16	16	20	20	28	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	17	16	25	25	28	28	30	21	24	20	18	19	25	15	15	20	20	28	16
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	6	15	15	6	9	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	7	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	10	6	15	16	9	9	11	11	8	9	11	9	9	8	17	11	11	9	14	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	-	5	-

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