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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	9	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	10	11
Energy(?)	3226	1688	2300	807	650	381	756	770	615	802	1215	1145	925	1776	870	1216	1252	619	156	1539	1277	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 1.48		9:35PM 1.85	10:42AM 1.95		9:28PM 2.00	12:33PM 2.32		12:00AM 2.02	12:40PM 2.01		12:18AM 2.43	11:14AM 1.93		11:40PM 1.76	11:38AM 1.95		2:31AM 2.11	1:27PM 2.53	2:23PM 2.28	1:17AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 0.90	4:29AM -0.02		3:32PM 0.90	4:05AM 0.40	6:08AM 0.07	5:36PM 0.93		6:15AM 0.12	5:38PM 0.73		5:02AM 0.64	5:33PM 0.60		5:28AM 0.78	7:16PM 0.22	8:15PM 0.20	7:23AM 1.05			8:38AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	15	18	19	13	16	17	14	16	17	14	19	20	14	20	18	15	23	16	14	18
Low °C	17	16	14	16	19	11	12	17	14	16	16	12	14	20	12	17	17	14	20	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	14	18	19	12	16	17	14	16	16	13	19	20	13	20	18	15	23	15	12	18
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	3.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	15	10	9	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	19	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	17	18	16	16	15	4	15	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	12	10	12
Energy(?)	2113	1133	1311	1184	1222	1097	1091	1095	1428	1244	634	502	684	634	627	552	558	515	407	770	697	729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						8:40PM 2.04								9:28PM 2.00					11:43AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06			4:54PM 1.10				4:05AM 0.40	5:09AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	18	16	18	18	11	16	15	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	16	17	17	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	16	18	18	9	16	15	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	16	17	17	16	18	13
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	15	10	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	8	15	14	14	14	19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Thursday 18																		Friday 19
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1825	1243	1242	3320	597	605	1548	1619	2667	2667	1184	2028	1072	1225	1222	1172	204	1442	1769	1042	991	1091
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					9:35AM 1.72		11:29AM 2.12									8:40PM 2.04	9:29PM 1.79	10:49PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)											3:27PM 1.13	4:06PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	15	18	19	20	17	18	15	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	12	17	11	19	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	15	18	19	20	16	18	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	10	17	10	19	10
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	8	8	11	10	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	19	14	19	14	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	6	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	-	10

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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