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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	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	16	14	14	13	12	11	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2325	5544	2486	3296	5155	2340	710	1084	870	1517	1265	632	3275	5100	2743	1274	1270	2027	736	1228	529	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 1.64	7:11PM 1.94	8:22AM 2.34		7:05PM 1.69	8:37AM 2.05		8:18PM 1.30	7:24AM 1.66		7:52PM 1.51	8:28AM 2.21		9:16PM 1.55	7:44AM 2.09		10:44PM 1.20	8:40AM 2.12		10:49PM 1.55	11:24AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 0.86	1:34AM 0.39		1:27PM 0.94	12:59AM 0.81		2:29PM 0.41	1:45AM 0.52		2:32PM 0.19	1:01AM 0.90		1:48PM 0.36	2:02AM 1.07		2:54PM 0.30	2:55AM 0.85		4:01PM 0.25	3:05AM 1.22	5:32AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	4	32	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	3	2	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
High °C	14	13	17	17	16	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	8	18	13	17	10	17	11	11
Low °C	14	12	15	17	16	14	13	12	14	12	12	12	14	13	6	18	12	17	9	17	9	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	15	17	16	15	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	7	17	12	16	9	16	7	8
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	16	14	14	13	12	11	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	16	13	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	9	8	8	15	15	8	8	13	14	13	13	13	12	7	16	12	15	16	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.8 W	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	4	5

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	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	7	6	5	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	3.0 S	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1746	4226	2074	1807	1590	3873	6766	6832	7576	3511	6389	6196	3033	5061	3485	3965	3098	1033	1279	1121	1107	1084
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:39AM 2.24			6:40PM 1.64				6:47AM 1.51				6:28PM 1.56				7:00AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	12:38AM 0.23				12:28PM 1.13				12:20AM 0.26								11:58PM 0.68					3:33PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	13	1	-	5	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	13	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	15	16	15	17	14	16	15	13	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	13	13	11	12	12	10	14	14	16	14	17	14	16	14	12	15	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.5 S	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 SW	2.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	9	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	14	9	9	8	9	17	16	8	8	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	7	6	5	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 WNW	3.0 S	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	0.9 NW	3.0 S	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 SSW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	14	8	9	14	9	15	14	15	9	16	8	14	14	8	15	16	16	12
Energy(?)	1637	2089	1746	1798	987	2782	4494	1099	3195	941	1624	1396	2297	785	3041	1010	1138	1721	2496	3169	2442	3444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									6:35AM 1.58											5:16PM 1.61		7:11PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			12:38AM 0.23											11:05AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	4	4	2	4	1	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	3	3	2	-	1
High °C	14	17	13	13	16	15	16	15	14	17	18	18	14	18	17	18	18	13	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	16	12	12	14	12	15	12	12	16	17	17	12	18	15	17	17	12	14	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.9 S	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 S	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	13	13	14	14	9	14	15	15	14	15	9	16	15	14	14	8	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 WNW	1.6 S	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	7	14	7	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	17	17	7	16	7	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 S	2.3 S	0.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	3.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	6	7	4	8	-	8	4	4	-	8	8	-	-

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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
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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