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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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	6	4	1	5	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.6 NNW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	8	10	16	8	16	14	15	13	12	14	13	13	13	11	14	11	10	17	16	14
Energy	720	762	859	533	505	588	342	657	507	583	504	3525	4634	3274	5680	1456	240	4128	1555	1918	3160	1146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 1.95			6:48PM 2.03		7:11AM 1.21	7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.98		9:00PM 2.11	9:41AM 1.51			10:27AM 0.85		8:25PM 1.66	10:48AM 1.67		10:44PM 2.21	12:10PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.30		11:55PM 1.41	11:44AM 0.00		1:23AM 0.80			1:24AM 0.86	1:58PM 0.95		3:36AM 0.37		2:48PM 0.51	3:01AM 0.52		2:18PM 0.58	3:38AM -0.04		3:50PM 0.69		5:30AM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	11	14	14	11	12	13	12	14	13	10	11	11	11	13	16	12	14	13	11	11
Low °C	13	14	10	11	13	10	11	13	10	11	12	9	10	11	11	11	14	10	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	13	13	11	10	12	12	13	11	8	11	10	9	13	15	11	14	13	10	10
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	10	8	9	14	15	13	12	14	13	13	11	11	14	11	19	17	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	18	15	17	16	16	9	16	7	14	14	15	17	16	16	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	3.5 NW	-	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	13	-	11	11	10	8	8	-

	Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	8	16	8	8	8	16	16	16	15	14
Energy	1157	1021	1197	720	820	762	1179	1046	859	681	599	533	523	505	533	506	588	521	527	342	606	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)		4:10AM 2.46					6:20PM 2.34				5:23AM 2.24				7:11PM 2.38				6:22AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				10:51AM 0.30					11:55PM 1.41				12:14PM 0.57				1:23AM 0.80				1:07PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	15	15	14	12	10	11	10	12	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	13	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	15	15	14	12	9	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	10	8	11	13	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	8	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	15	15	17	18	18	15	18	17	17	10	10	16	10	16	9	9	9	9	16	16	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Friday 22
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Lagoons CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	1219	1157	1157	1266	1299	1021	1021	1140	1197	720	720	720	720	768	820	809	762	762	720	538	1179	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					3:32AM 2.10	4:10AM 2.46													6:00PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)												10:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	17	15	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	14	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	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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