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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	1.7 W	1.2 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	9	10	10	9	9	14	15	9	12	12	14	13	12	14	12	13	11	7	6	9
Energy(?)	1169	1087	1304	556	766	538	352	337	317	403	1054	375	3190	2385	1550	630	726	216	536	350	299	967
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:24PM 1.69		4:11AM 2.23		7:03PM 1.62	5:44AM 2.54		7:52PM 1.86	6:14AM 2.58		8:38PM 1.66	6:53AM 2.29		9:09PM 1.34	7:25AM 1.76		9:17PM 1.69	9:01AM 1.88		9:38PM 1.33	9:14AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		10:07PM 1.00	11:45AM 0.02		11:11PM 1.19		1:29PM 0.03	11:54PM 1.59		1:31PM 0.29	12:44AM 1.38		1:42PM -0.22	1:34AM 0.83		2:38PM 0.13	2:13AM 1.03		3:17PM -0.34	3:02AM 0.30		3:47PM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	57	21	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	14	13	15	17	12	20	6	21	9	7	19	11	7	11	19	12	30	12	17	18	12
Low °C	5	12	13	14	16	11	17	5	20	8	7	16	8	7	10	16	11	28	12	14	16	12
Chill °C (?)	2	12	11	15	17	11	20	5	21	7	6	19	9	5	11	19	11	30	10	17	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	14	13	12	14	12	13	11	13	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.3 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	12	13	11	10	9	14	15	9	9	8	9	12	10	15	9	6	7	15	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.2 WNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	6	9

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1331	1169	1276	847	804	671	592	1413	1088	1451	1166	1081	704	608	516	567	463	443	731	601	298	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:59PM 1.38				4:40AM 2.59				6:11PM 1.49			3:51AM 1.72						7:46PM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)	10:57AM 0.16				10:07PM 1.00				11:28AM 0.57			9:43PM 1.35					12:02PM 0.35				11:07PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	5	13	6	6	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	19	18	11	19	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	3	2	12	3	4	5	5	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	19	18	9	19	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 SW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	9	12	8	8	8	8	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	16	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-

	Monday 23													Tuesday 24
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	2.0 SW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	10	13	12	8	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1532	1464	1171	1331	1175	1169	1042	863	863	590	803	803	354	353	310	693	591	1246	438	348	249	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	2:47AM 2.04	3:28AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	10:57AM 0.16										8:39PM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	6	16	5	5	5	5	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	4	3	16	2	2	2	2	11	10	11	11	10	14	14	14	16	16	12	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 NW	1.9 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.2 NW	1.1 W	2.0 SW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	11	11	10	9	8	9	12	12	10	10	10	13	10	8	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 W	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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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