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 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	10	10	10	9	11	15	6	16	14	10	6	14	9	9	16
Energy(?)	760	974	849	720	566	781	533	1893	875	647	714	635	384	670	254	299	1064	488	372	567	1446	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:44PM 1.97	7:00AM 1.74								9:46PM 1.51				10:19AM 1.44		10:35PM 1.70	11:48AM 1.84			11:37AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.15		1:19AM 1.69						1:00AM 0.49			3:36AM 0.47					4:13PM 0.18	4:59AM -0.03	5:35AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	27	17	12	26	9	18	13	12	15	11	17	30	16	9	28	9	12	27	18	15	17
Low °C	11	27	16	12	26	8	17	12	11	11	11	15	29	14	8	27	7	7	25	17	12	16
Chill °C (?)	13	27	16	10	26	5	18	12	10	15	8	16	30	14	9	28	6	10	27	17	13	16
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	16	16	16	15	7	15	10	10	10	15	11	15	16	8	6	13	12	6	14	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	18	14	12	9	16	13	14	15	14	16	13	6	13	12	14	16	15	14	18	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNE	2.1 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	11	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	6	6	-	6	10	6	6	9	9	9

	Friday 10						Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	18	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	9	9	10	10	15	11	10
Energy(?)	548	509	579	681	740	712	750	749	586	702	696	626	558	510	565	2648	1141	1422	447	432	1341	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow	mid-ebb	flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	flow	flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:00PM 1.19			3:39AM 1.17									7:39AM 1.37					8:51PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 0.76				12:16AM 1.12				11:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	13	13	25	25	24	25	16	15	19	8	24	16	26	8	8	10	10	18	13	11
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	13	25	25	24	25	16	15	19	5	24	16	26	6	7	10	8	18	12	10
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	18	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	8	9	10	10	15	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	11	9	7	9	16	16	16	16	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.4 NNW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	0.6 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	7	-	4	6	-	-	-	9	3	4	-	-	-	-

	Friday 10																		Saturday 11
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	13	17	18	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	600	539	537	741	866	866	866	877	432	674	935	640	964	560	740	492	439	543	292	727	714	691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															8:00PM 1.19	8:23PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)							11:08AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	10	12	12	27	27	27	27	19	17	21	13	27	18	25	12	12	12	12	19	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	10	12	12	27	27	27	27	19	16	21	13	27	18	25	11	11	11	11	19	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	18	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	12	15	12	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	13	18	4	4	4	12	15	15	16	13	18	8	12	13	15	12	15	15	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.8 NW	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	4	-	9	-	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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