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

	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jordan River Vancouver Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	1.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W
Period(s)	17	11	9	9	11	15	14	11	14	13	16	12	16	15	16	14	15	14	10	9	10	11
Energy	748	979	1037	870	897	593	581	377	341	910	670	697	312	469	485	656	646	606	662	937	486	772
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:11PM 1.43		7:32PM 1.32	8:20PM 1.46	7:16AM 1.55		9:29PM 2.04	8:24AM 1.56		8:21PM 2.12	9:27AM 1.58		9:52PM 1.87	10:53AM 1.18			1:21PM 1.34		10:05PM 1.98	12:30PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	11:36AM 0.57		1:58AM 0.67	11:14AM 0.64		2:22AM 0.44	1:15PM 0.72		3:59AM 0.32	1:53PM 0.81		3:16AM 0.42		3:23PM 0.44	4:43AM -0.29		3:22PM 0.63	2:59AM -0.05	6:49AM -0.40	2:15PM 0.83		5:41AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	17	18	17	17	17	16	24	14	31	12	19	17	12	30	21	16	16	21	19	11
Low °C	16	19	15	16	16	16	16	15	21	12	30	11	16	16	9	30	19	15	16	20	16	11
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	18	17	16	16	16	24	13	31	11	19	16	10	30	21	15	15	21	19	11
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:32	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	1.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W
Period (s)	8	11	9	9	11	15	10	11	14	13	16	12	12	15	10	14	15	14	14	14	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	17	18	16	16	6	12	14	14	12	14	9	13	16	12	16	7	16	11	10	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.8 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	-	-	8	-	5	-	6	-	5	5	5	-	7	7	10	9	6	-

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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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	16	9	7	9	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	14	11	11
Energy	1456	971	1056	799	1159	1055	1037	1907	1002	870	896	1074	1014	1353	1049	528	522	581	523	641	546	608
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:08PM 1.23				7:39AM 1.59				7:31PM 1.84	8:20PM 1.46			7:21AM 1.04				7:50PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			12:49PM 0.12				12:57AM 1.16				12:37PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	13	17	14	13	15	12	11	18	19	18	16	14	13	13	15	17	12	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	16	14	13	14	12	11	18	19	18	16	14	13	13	15	16	10	18	13	13
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:19	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	8	16	9	11	9	11	7	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	15	18	18	16	17	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	8	6	3	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	8	7	8	17	18	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	18	7	7	9	9	16	8	16	10	9
Energy	1001	718	757	956	1012	1008	704	1002	737	912	888	979	974	1017	1103	1150	1068	871	1940	871	792	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															7:52PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)							11:59AM 0.58	12:34PM 0.10	1:19PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	11	16	15	15	19	16	12	19	19	19	19	16	15	13	13	16	12	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	15	15	14	18	15	10	18	18	18	18	16	14	13	13	15	10	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	12	12	17	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	9	9	16	9	16	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	18	18	10	18	17	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	18	17	8	17	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.5 NW
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	-	8	-	-	7

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