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

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	11	10	15	14	18	17	18	14	14	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1132	1510	807	1033	2255	5730	7462	3300	4658	3468	3122	3796	1909	2260	1684	1358	585	4124	7774	7188	5435	1787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 1.28	5:27AM 1.93		8:01PM 1.47	6:35AM 2.00		9:20PM 1.04	8:26AM 1.79		11:47PM 1.99	10:14AM 2.31		12:16AM 3.11	11:12AM 2.61		12:39AM 2.22	11:52AM 2.62		12:48AM 1.47	11:46AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)			10:14PM 1.28		3:06PM 0.11	12:01AM 1.25		2:22PM 0.31	1:28AM 0.78		3:58PM -0.08		4:28AM 1.02	6:01PM -0.10		5:18AM 1.00	6:08PM -0.09		5:59AM 0.85	6:35PM -0.11		5:52AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	1	-	19	-	-	10	2	-	5	1	-	5
High °C	15	14	7	10	9	7	12	17	8	10	10	8	10	9	7	9	9	7	8	8	5	12
Low °C	15	12	7	8	8	7	10	13	8	8	9	7	9	8	7	9	8	6	8	5	3	12
Chill °C (?)	15	13	6	10	6	7	11	16	6	10	10	6	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	3	10
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	11	10	10	14	18	17	18	14	14	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	17	15	19	13	16	15	16	15	15	14	5	13	13	8	7	16	8	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	8AM	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	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.0 NW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	14	17	14	17	18	17	16	18	16
Energy(?)	1013	1181	1184	1086	1027	1205	1340	1027	1062	1066	1037	1024	1084	2248	5050	3356	9217	9016	11118	9805	3162	6472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								8:30PM 1.38			6:44AM 1.67	7:57AM 2.29					10:29PM 1.84			8:56AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18AM 1.35								11:47PM 0.91	1:25AM 1.07								2:59AM 1.35				3:36PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	15	18	15	13	16	13	13	12	11	10	8	10	9	7	7	8	7	7	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	4	15	18	15	13	16	12	12	12	10	9	8	10	9	5	7	8	5	6	8	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.0 NW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	13	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	17	14	17	18	17	16	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	14	13	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	20	18	18	18	13	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	20	11	13	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	1016	1515	1176	304	915	526	2196	1584	1734	635	645	496	619	506	538	491	479	624	622	650	558	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)							4:53AM 1.82	5:02AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)																	2:31PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	6	15	19	16	10	16	13	13	13	11	12	9	9	11	7	11	9	11	10	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	4	14	19	14	10	15	11	10	11	10	11	8	8	11	6	10	7	9	8	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 W	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	8	14	12	14	14	8	8	6	14	14	16	6	18	14	14	13	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	5	10	10	10	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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