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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	2	5	7	4	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 S	1.0 W	0.7 S	2.5 SW	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	11	15	9	11	13	11	13	12
Energy(?)	666	1151	2004	624	931	571	282	336	240	232	701	415	252	327	343	353	1485	3613	2931	616	5472	2239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 1.67	8:02AM 1.73		10:11PM 2.26	9:32AM 2.43		10:30PM 1.51	10:10AM 1.73		10:13PM 1.39	10:01AM 1.90		11:28PM 1.65	10:48AM 1.83		10:52PM 2.02	11:55AM 1.23		12:13AM 1.71	12:43PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		2:59PM 0.05	1:30AM 1.17		3:09PM -0.03	3:44AM 1.25		4:14PM 0.50	4:00AM 0.42		4:20PM 0.03	4:09AM 0.24		5:31PM 0.10			5:28PM 0.22		5:23AM 0.01	5:15PM 0.38		5:59AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	4	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	15	18	17	20	23	18	17	18	7	15	28	7	27	7	8	9	13	12	13
Low °C	11	12	10	12	17	16	16	22	14	14	17	4	14	28	5	25	6	8	9	12	9	7
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	15	18	17	20	23	18	17	17	4	14	28	3	27	2	4	7	10	10	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:27	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	1.0 W	0.7 S	1.3 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.2 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	12	8	8	8	8	15	16	11	15	10	11	13	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	16	15	15	13	14	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	9	12	10	15	11	13	8	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 NW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.0 NW	0.5 W	1.6 SE	0.5 WNW	2.5 SW	-	-	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	8	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	8	4	5	4	9	-	-	6	13	-

	Friday 27						Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	9
Energy(?)	1026	1234	954	734	1911	1321	1198	1287	1227	1933	729	697	736	1381	1131	510	526	534	288	336	691	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:54AM 2.25					9:30PM 2.14				8:02AM 1.73				10:05PM 1.33				8:18AM 1.97				9:58PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			1:35PM 0.30	2:11PM -0.05				2:40AM 1.45				2:31PM -0.19				2:28AM 1.01				3:00PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	10	20	15	14	8	9	9	12	18	17	14	16	14	14	17	13	21	24	22	10	16
Chill °C (?)	5	8	20	15	14	8	9	9	12	18	17	14	16	14	14	17	13	21	24	22	8	16
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	9	7	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	641	676	944	667	667	810	810	844	850	728	616	602	700	605	992	604	950	627	324	369	1359	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																8:34PM 1.67	9:20PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)										2:11PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	20	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	17	15	18	12	13	17	13	16	15	15	10	14
Chill °C (?)	4	2	20	12	15	14	13	13	15	14	17	15	18	11	13	17	13	16	15	15	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	12	14	16	16	14	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
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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