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

	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	South Beach CAL - Del Norte County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	6	9	4	5	4	0	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	3.5 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	16	14	15	13	17	14	14	14	13	12	14	9	18	18	15	15	14	8	13	9	10	9
Energy	563	640	535	628	472	5067	8375	4539	3267	1801	227	3075	2259	1509	3142	1522	836	1379	671	470	2653	2102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.98	7:37PM 2.02	9:00PM 2.11	9:41AM 1.51		8:54PM 1.77	10:27AM 0.85	7:59PM 1.74	10:11PM 2.20	10:48AM 1.67		10:44PM 2.21	11:44AM 1.24		9:36PM 1.61	12:33PM 1.17		10:04PM 1.61	1:58PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 0.64		1:24AM 0.86	1:58PM 0.95		3:36AM 0.37		2:48PM 0.51	3:53AM 0.04					2:39PM 1.10			3:41PM 0.83	4:49AM -0.23		3:05PM 0.75		6:26AM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	17	11	11	12	13	13	17	11	13	15	11	14	20	16	17	24	13	12
Low °C	12	13	11	10	16	10	10	12	9	11	16	10	12	14	10	10	17	10	11	23	8	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	12	16	11	10	12	11	12	16	8	12	14	10	13	20	16	17	24	11	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	15	13	17	14	14	14	13	12	14	20	10	10	15	15	14	8	13	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	7	9	14	13	17	15	16	16	14	13	14	18	18	14	13	14	14	14	14	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	3.5 NNW	-	-	2.0 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	South Beach CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	8	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	510	532	577	563	519	640	653	503	535	848	1028	628	522	472	1059	3529	5067	6508	7161	8375	5793	4539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:44AM 2.07				7:56PM 2.46				7:45AM 1.16	8:05AM 1.98				9:00PM 2.11				9:41AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 1.25				12:35PM 0.64				1:24AM 0.86				11:57AM 0.24					3:36AM 0.37				2:48PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	14	14	14	11	13	12	11	10	13	17	16	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	9	12	16	15	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	16	7	7	9	9	15	14	14	9	13	15	17	17	17	15	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	14	15	14
Energy	510	510	510	597	555	532	532	747	577	501	585	563	563	519	519	519	640	640	546	673	710	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					7:38PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 1.25											12:35PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	12	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	9	11	11	10	9	12	15	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	16	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	15	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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