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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 W	1.4 NW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 SW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	8	10	11	12	9	11
Energy(?)	1324	1404	1433	738	814	981	538	885	2286	3036	2619	1626	907	920	366	345	340	3022	1801	1847	422	1253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:10AM 1.52	10:01AM 2.15		2:09AM 2.01	12:47PM 2.45		3:07AM 2.11		1:30PM 2.50	3:43AM 2.15		1:25PM 2.38	3:19AM 1.50		2:15PM 2.21		4:08AM 1.77	3:36PM 1.65	3:48AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 0.16	3:53AM 1.31			7:20PM -0.15	7:04AM 1.21		8:06PM -0.14	7:52AM 1.30		8:42PM -0.07	7:55AM 1.55		8:06PM -0.01	8:53AM 1.49		9:09PM 0.60	10:04AM 0.98		8:38PM 0.63	10:17AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	13	3	1	10	1	8	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	2	-	-
High °C	10	9	8	13	12	11	16	11	9	9	9	8	8	11	7	10	12	15	13	13	7	10
Low °C	8	8	6	12	12	10	15	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	5	9	10	14	12	13	6	7
Chill °C (?)	8	6	5	11	11	9	16	10	7	8	8	7	7	9	4	8	11	13	13	12	5	10
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	4:37	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 W	1.4 NW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	8	10	10	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	10	6	10	10	10	9	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	12	11	9	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	-	-	1.0 SW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WSW	0.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14
Energy(?)	1073	1093	1002	1127	1258	1183	1172	1384	1433	1204	1180	1051	669	814	932	730	690	1012	1124	1106	582	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 1.52			9:25AM 2.17	11:34AM 2.49					1:54AM 2.06			11:28AM 2.68					1:43AM 2.11			10:37AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16AM 1.29					6:45PM -0.16				6:28AM 1.31				6:18PM -0.16				6:24AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	2	1	1	1	7	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	18	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	8	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	16	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	18	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	6	11	11	12	9	8	8	8	9	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 NW	0.6 W	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	14	14	12	11	9	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	6	10	11	10	7	10	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	3

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	864	1073	1073	1073	1781	1756	1702	1908	1728	1764	1764	1794	1217	1215	1343	1051	1061	1053	1235	1149	811	802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 1.52											10:51AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)								5:49AM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	7	7	6	5	4	5	5	6	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	9	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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