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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	No Pass CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	9	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	22	21	11	14	14	17	16	15	16	14	15	15	13	13	12	13	13	12	8	12	16
Energy(?)	1200	1595	1273	1517	4081	2720	11293	9335	6970	4651	4287	4848	3792	2640	2453	4241	1054	750	578	140	4277	7835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:46AM 1.96	6:00PM 1.37		9:22AM 2.11	4:56PM 1.29		5:57AM 1.45	7:48PM 1.26		6:15AM 1.60		8:43PM 1.68	11:02AM 2.74		11:49PM 2.35	11:39AM 2.92		11:58PM 2.35	11:19AM 2.98		12:34AM 1.49	12:50PM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)			2:22AM 0.30			1:07AM 0.16	12:02PM 0.61	2:06PM 0.47	11:58PM 0.44	12:36PM 0.37	6:27PM 1.26	2:25AM 0.71		5:54PM 0.52		5:37AM 0.53	5:57PM -0.30		5:15AM 1.11	6:44PM -0.50		6:48AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	27	11	11	8
High °C	10	27	24	23	10	14	17	12	12	24	13	10	18	19	13	13	17	16	16	9	11	14
Low °C	7	26	23	19	10	14	16	12	10	19	13	9	12	17	12	11	16	15	15	8	10	14
Chill °C (?)	10	27	24	23	6	14	17	10	11	24	12	8	18	19	10	12	17	16	14	7	8	13
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	22	21	10	14	14	17	16	15	16	14	15	15	13	13	12	13	13	8	8	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	-	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	18	16	10	18	22	20	16	18	16	15	16	15	16	-	12	13	13	12	12	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.8 NW	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.2 S	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	3	-	-

	Thursday 30						Friday 31								Saturday 01
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 SSW	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	10	10	22	12	21	10	20	20	13	20	13	13	19	17	19	17	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1503	3768	844	692	1605	1801	1273	1040	2524	2015	1462	1081	4447	6737	12459	13540	8668	9476	8534	8449	8106	7089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									5:47AM 1.31		11:20AM 2.38			9:11PM 2.80				9:03AM 2.37				9:51PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)				2:03PM 1.23												3:17AM 0.39				3:32PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	7	15	13	13	24	14	24	13	25	28	9	25	12	11	12	11	16	18	16	16	15	11
Chill °C (?)	5	15	12	13	24	14	24	13	25	28	8	25	10	11	11	10	16	18	16	16	14	11
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	22	8	21	10	20	20	13	20	13	13	19	17	19	17	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	19	11	10	10	18	11	16	22	16	12	24	16	21	19	21	21	13	19	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NW	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.1 NW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	7	12	7	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	2.1 NW	1.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	11	24	13	23	8	22	22	10	13	9	15	16	16	10	10	10	10	11	15
Energy(?)	1936	1714	1503	1503	814	2665	1040	731	1192	1342	341	1654	473	1712	782	784	1040	753	748	804	1528	1089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:46AM 1.96											7:29PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)							11:07AM 1.05	12:39PM 0.95			3:56PM 2.23										1:09AM 0.18	2:22AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	12	7	7	26	18	27	21	27	27	11	25	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	5	12	5	6	26	18	27	21	27	27	9	25	11	8	10	8	10	12	10	10	10	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	11	11	24	11	23	12	22	22	10	11	9	15	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	19	11	19	19	13	13	13	19	13	13	17	18	9	9	16	16	10	10	10	10	22	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	8	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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