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

	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	6	5	5	6	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.7 WNW	2.2 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	11	9	17	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	6329	5625	4168	6891	2459	1432	2038	1518	1374	1088	865	533	913	1029	846	800	450	521	2522	3264	2210	2166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 2.19		12:34AM 1.47	11:47AM 3.03		12:56AM 1.58	11:14AM 2.32		1:58AM 1.18		2:14PM 2.72	3:48AM 1.41	4:05AM 1.87	3:14PM 2.50		5:45AM 2.09	2:04PM 1.80		5:32AM 1.42	3:43PM 1.33		7:39AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		5:41PM -0.46		5:49AM 1.33			5:03AM 1.26	6:19PM 0.05		8:21AM 1.17		8:28PM -0.28	8:50AM 1.24		11:03PM -0.15	10:51AM 1.22		9:40PM 0.36	10:47AM 0.87		12:38AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	15	12	19	15	15	20	18	20	16	24	27	12	21	17	9	9	14	14	12	16
Low °C	19	17	14	12	16	14	11	20	18	19	14	23	25	11	20	16	9	9	11	13	11	14
Chill °C (?)	21	19	14	11	18	15	14	20	18	20	16	24	27	12	21	17	7	8	14	14	11	15
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	11	9	9	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 NW	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	14	14	12	19	18	16	12	16	16	12	10	7	9	17	9	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7

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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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	5	9	9	5	5	6	6	5	8	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	11040	11630	10818	8701	7030	5460	6139	9468	3598	8189	8324	4190	6044	5262	5083	3912	7204	3179	1223	1076	1771	1352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:34PM 1.49				11:02AM 3.05				11:35PM 1.24	1:38AM 2.23			11:58AM 2.76				12:18AM 1.49					1:22PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)			4:19AM 0.71				5:02PM -0.09				6:35AM 0.97					7:44PM -0.61			5:08AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	15	21	15	16	16	10	10	15	14	12	11	10	16	17	15	20	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	15	14	21	14	15	16	10	9	15	13	12	11	9	15	17	15	20	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	-	17	-	-	12	13	14	14	-	10	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	5	9	9	5	5	6	6	5	8	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	15	15	13	14	13	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	6441	11040	11040	11281	11135	4209	5434	2370	5206	11704	11278	9798	7851	7779	9071	8044	6840	6510	4348	4053	6881	6881
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 1.49												11:50AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)						3:25AM 1.05													4:44PM -0.47		6:54PM -0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	17	17	19	18	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	14	12	12	16	11	11	11	11	16	16	19	18	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	13	14	13	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	-	-	16	16	16	12	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	13	13	16	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	5	5	-	-	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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