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

	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	6	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 W	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	6	8	9	6	8	12	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	3054	2688	6241	6946	6278	4782	3026	747	5991	3068	962	1122	452	1053	958	222	625	3154	3547	3198	2637	1482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 3.24	12:02PM 2.71		1:04AM 2.47			12:46AM 2.08			1:33AM 2.08		1:37PM 1.89	12:25AM 1.95		1:06PM 1.59	1:52AM 1.81		2:12PM 1.41	1:12AM 1.98		4:04PM 1.34	2:47AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 0.83			7:49AM 1.91			7:31AM 0.50	6:52PM 0.57	7:11PM 0.07	7:42AM 0.34			8:32AM 0.22	6:41PM 0.84	7:19PM 0.42	8:06AM 0.62			9:36AM 0.12		7:49PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	8	-	5	5	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	3	3	8	3
High °C	5	5	7	5	7	11	8	10	10	9	11	11	6	12	11	11	15	8	7	8	12	13
Low °C	3	4	6	3	6	10	6	8	9	7	8	10	5	9	8	11	13	8	6	6	10	11
Chill °C (?)	1	3	4	5	6	8	8	9	6	5	11	8	2	10	8	9	13	5	4	5	10	12
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	10	10	9	9	9	6	11	14	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	15	7	-	-	-	15	12	15	-	11	14	14	9	12	12	9	12	-	21	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	6	8	4	4	8	12	11	10	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	7	8	9	7	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 W	4.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1866	2180	3188	2502	1575	4407	3212	3004	4198	6389	6946	7130	11010	6010	2668	4934	4242	3767	3744	1180	3274	3865
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:48AM 2.06				11:06AM 2.21				12:42AM 1.88				10:29AM 2.06				10:48PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	6:24PM 0.55				6:57AM 2.08				5:51PM 0.34				4:21AM 0.91				5:03PM 0.37				5:20AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	-	-	2	2	-	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-
Temp. °C	4	3	4	2	3	5	6	5	3	5	4	3	7	5	10	8	8	8	10	7	5	9
Chill °C (?)	4	0	1	-1	0	3	4	2	2	5	3	0	4	2	8	8	6	8	9	3	1	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.3 W	-	1.3 WNW	2.2 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	7	15	15	-	15	12	15	14	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	16	16	12	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	4.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	7	8	9	7	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1773	1842	1951	2069	1091	2375	978	2217	1649	1852	2650	2802	1178	6167	1166	2962	1566	1351	1922	1553	1549	2125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																		9:38AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)			6:32PM -0.13											5:29AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	6	1	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	2
High °C	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	8	5	5	9	6	10	9	10	11	13	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	4	3	2	2	3	1	-2	0	0	4	1	2	9	2	7	5	6	8	11	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	0.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	12	10	16	10	10	12	12	11	16	11	11	12	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	2.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	7	16	7	13	16	16	7	16	12	16	16	8	11	14	12	16	16	13	16	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 W	3.0 WNW	0.4 S	3.5 WNW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	7	6	-	-	10	10	10	7	10	12	10	6	6	8	8	8	9

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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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