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

	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Princeton Breakwater CAL - San Mateo
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	13	18	15	14	16	16	15	8
Energy(?)	430	794	950	1392	669	939	1691	950	843	1612	936	564	448	273	206	204	87	159	207	329	353	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 1.78		7:56PM 1.08		6:25AM 1.74		10:14PM 1.91	7:46AM 1.58		9:27PM 1.37	8:18AM 1.97		10:23PM 1.51	11:19AM 2.27		10:02PM 1.92	10:01AM 1.90		11:46PM 2.56	12:57PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			12:57PM -0.11		12:11AM 0.82	1:37PM -0.09		3:24AM 1.00		2:15PM -0.12	2:35AM 0.56		3:04PM 0.36	4:01AM 0.42	5:23AM 0.55	5:31PM 0.07	4:02AM 0.70		4:56PM 0.10		6:49AM 0.17	6:52PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	8	16	20	8	21	11	14	16	20	15	20	23	15	12	28	21	11	25	25	27	12
Low °C	21	6	10	19	4	20	10	10	12	18	11	16	21	14	11	27	18	10	24	22	25	11
Chill °C (?)	22	6	16	20	4	21	8	13	16	20	14	20	23	14	10	28	21	11	25	25	27	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	7:20	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	9	10	10	9	11	14	11	11	10	10	10	9	7	6	9	10	7	16	16	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	8	16	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	13	18	10	12	14	9	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	10	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	9	4	4	8

	Wednesday 25				Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	7	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	11	11
Energy(?)	464	509	590	1312	1231	3156	1008	1215	1167	2026	1857	1154	1029	1507	1212	1402	954	769	1066	1358	1143	1256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:35PM 0.92												7:54AM 2.25					9:30PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)				10:21PM 0.91					12:58PM -0.06				12:14AM 1.30				1:35PM 0.30					3:24AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	15	9	10	8	15	21	17	19	19	13	5	9	20	18	13	9	6	6
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	17	14	9	10	7	14	21	17	19	19	13	3	7	20	18	13	9	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	16	7	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 N	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	8	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	6	10	10	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	458	461	326	390	382	486	527	1835	986	536	533	754	871	1734	794	716	1229	1478	1559	934	785	917
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									7:11PM 1.22									4:43AM 1.98	5:25AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)												10:31PM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	23	21	21	14	20	8	12	15	14	14	14	8	6	6	13	13	6	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	19	19	23	21	21	12	20	5	9	15	14	12	12	4	6	4	11	11	3	1	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	11	11	16	9	9	16	16	16	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	13	11	13	12	12	9	11	9	11	16	16	13	8	8	11	11	11	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	6	10	10	7	7	8	7	8	9	-	-	9	10	9	-	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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