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

	Fri	Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	2	3	3	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	14	15	16	16	11	15	14	13	9	13	13	11	18	15	16	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	198	235	464	340	61	501	305	306	562	324	342	439	620	559	1292	1053	247	765	1450	805	1193	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:46AM 1.99		9:31PM 2.04	9:07AM 1.92		9:08PM 1.62	11:15AM 2.28		10:00PM 2.51	10:26AM 2.18		10:30PM 2.57	10:02AM 1.65			11:36AM 1.29		10:04PM 2.11	11:40AM 1.60		11:49PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 1.45		2:39PM 0.02	3:23AM 0.72		3:20PM 0.19	3:29AM 0.37	6:11AM 1.87	3:02PM 0.15	4:25AM 0.81		5:14PM 0.41			4:55PM 0.46	1:55AM 0.22	5:16AM -0.04	3:56PM 0.99		5:08AM 0.31	4:26PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	12	27	15	12	14	12	12	16	11	9	12	11	12	19	18	13	15	17	12
Low °C	8	11	13	11	25	14	10	11	12	11	16	10	6	9	10	9	17	18	8	11	16	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	11	27	14	10	14	10	10	15	9	6	11	8	10	19	18	10	15	16	10
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	8	8	6	8	14	13	12	6	13	8	8	15	16	15	14	14	13	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	15	16	16	11	15	12	12	12	13	16	11	11	10	15	10	16	14	14	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.2 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	9	6	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	9	-	9	9

	Fri		Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	14	14	9	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	14	11	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	516	787	663	586	555	573	633	392	558	559	651	1044	591	516	461	119	568	597	565	535	579	348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:40PM 1.92			7:46AM 1.99					8:47PM 2.32								8:20PM 1.91				9:20AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)				2:07AM 0.93			1:46PM -0.01	3:39PM 1.11				3:24AM 0.80								2:28AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	8	8	9	12	12	15	12	10	10	9	10	13	11	27	12	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	7	7	7	8	12	12	15	12	10	10	9	8	13	9	27	10	10	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 W	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	15	9	9	8	8	9	16	9	7	8	14	8	8	14	11	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	9	16	8	16	14	14	16	8	16	12	8	8	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	-	-	8	9

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.2 NW	0.6 S	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	9	9	9	13	9	11	9	12	8	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	550	795	794	806	790	408	255	175	543	394	434	406	460	679	319	121	321	455	455	467	465	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				8:40PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:54PM 0.41		2:23PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	8	8	9	8	11	9	26	12	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	6	9	7	10	9	26	10	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NNW	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	15	9	9	14	9	9	9	13	9	11	9	12	11	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	9	11	11	14	8	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	5	8	11	11	-	-	-

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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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