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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Marina State Beach CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	8	10	12	9	11	10	10	11	9	11	12	11	10
Energy(?)	6728	2029	1124	1518	2780	3216	925	1308	187	293	1534	2205	1227	1739	660	2729	1124	1283	2693	1377	708	615
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 2.13		11:26PM 1.81	12:31PM 2.49		1:33AM 2.08			2:32AM 2.60		2:14PM 2.17	3:08AM 2.63	11:27AM 1.41	3:41PM 1.77	3:49AM 2.63		4:09PM 0.98	2:14AM 1.98		6:02PM 1.34	3:33AM 2.00	5:16AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		4:48PM -0.06		6:35AM 0.94		7:11PM 0.07	7:42AM 0.34	6:07PM 0.23	8:08PM 0.31	7:49AM 0.31		8:43PM 0.54	5:38AM 0.62		9:21PM 0.78	9:30AM 0.10			10:49AM 0.01		8:10PM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	6	9	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	13	2	6	-	-	-	-	2	12
High °C	7	7	5	5	11	10	9	12	5	7	8	7	14	8	15	13	17	9	12	15	14	13
Low °C	7	5	3	4	9	9	5	10	4	6	7	6	12	8	14	11	15	7	9	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	3	8	7	7	10	2	4	5	4	12	4	14	10	17	7	12	14	14	11
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 WNW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	12	10	10	15	15	10	11	9	8	10	12	11	11	10	10	11	9	11	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 WNW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 S	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	-	12	16	-	11	15	14	6	8	12	10	16	13	7	13	13	11	9	12	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	3	3	3	9	3	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	3

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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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	7	8	9	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	11	10	10	13	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	6687	9731	11170	5020	5515	4256	3080	3019	1124	3228	1132	1378	1868	1440	1055	4729	4642	4839	1328	1534	1618	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:42AM 1.88				12:05PM 2.13									1:03PM 2.26			12:05AM 1.50				11:13AM 1.74	1:37PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			4:21AM 0.91				6:40PM -0.06				6:35AM 0.94	7:22AM 0.55							5:44AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	8	7	5	7	8	7	10	3	4	4	5	15	6	4	6	9	10	9	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	2	5	4	3	7	6	4	8	1	1	3	4	13	4	2	3	7	7	8	10	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	10	11	10	10	13	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	13	13	-	13	14	-	16	12	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 18
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	7	8	9	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	6487	3756	3949	5428	7128	7128	7291	11196	3721	11276	5020	3000	1109	2867	2469	6479	2477	3809	2727	3872	4295	2936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.35													12:34PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)									6:40AM 0.70										4:50PM -0.12	5:03PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	8	7	4	5	7	7	9	3	7	4	5	15	6	6	10	10	12	11	9	11	6
Chill °C (?)	5	4	3	0	2	4	4	5	0	4	2	2	13	3	3	7	8	9	9	7	9	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	17	15	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	12	14	13	14	15	15	15	16	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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