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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			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	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	La Push Washington
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	14	18	9	10	12	13	13	13	11	11	10	11	10	8	6	6	15	7	18	12
Energy(?)	161	385	337	148	406	528	1136	2121	1696	1116	737	904	568	403	652	562	362	219	346	153	268	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 1.18	5:47AM 1.82		7:40PM 1.48	6:19AM 1.75		9:09PM 1.34	7:25AM 1.76		11:12PM 2.14	8:24AM 1.77		11:55PM 2.13	11:13AM 2.63		12:19AM 2.38	12:01PM 2.56		12:32AM 2.28	12:12PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38AM -0.03		11:07PM 1.06		1:10PM -0.22	11:45PM 1.20		2:05PM -0.30	1:34AM 0.83		2:29PM -0.26			1:34PM 0.10		5:16AM 0.70	5:51PM -0.16		6:02AM 0.53	6:26PM -0.04		6:14AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	18	6	29	9	7	17	11	7	12	8	7	10	12	10	11	14	15	26	16	17	10
Low °C	21	17	5	26	7	6	14	9	5	10	7	5	9	11	10	11	12	14	25	15	15	9
Chill °C (?)	24	18	5	29	7	5	16	9	5	12	7	6	8	11	8	11	12	14	26	16	16	8
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 S	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	7	9	10	12	13	13	13	11	11	10	11	10	8	13	6	15	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	9	14	13	9	9	12	9	18	8	11	10	9	8	10	9	18	12	12	8	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	0.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	3

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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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	13	9	18	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	521	526	505	673	533	445	343	580	280	280	238	252	212	213	528	505	528	725	1235	1520	1535	2385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		3:51AM 1.72						7:46PM 0.93			5:05AM 1.73					9:46PM 1.84				8:16AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)					12:09PM -0.11				11:07PM 1.06									2:13AM 1.23				3:09PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	13	17	23	17	17	15	15	15	7	23	31	7	7	7	6	6	8	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	17	23	17	17	15	15	15	6	23	31	5	5	6	4	4	7	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	15	9	10	9	9	9	7	9	18	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	15	13	9	9	9	9	12	9	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

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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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	541	538	521	866	562	143	516	333	505	503	493	265	375	159	410	441	434	428	429	371	310	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						3:30AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)																1:29PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	15	7	19	27	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	6	19	27	6	7	7	7	6	6	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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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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