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 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			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	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	12	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	8	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	175	436	691	2332	1035	1205	963	3919	626	778	731	1469	628	1337	501	637	690	2760	1057	1344	1361	1609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 1.47		11:00PM 1.45	11:04AM 1.32		10:53PM 1.92	11:09AM 1.21	1:41PM 1.92	11:55PM 1.46		1:47PM 1.21	2:24AM 1.57		3:58PM 1.74	12:57AM 1.38			1:55AM 1.45			2:54AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		3:15PM 0.29		5:08AM 0.20	3:19PM 0.52		5:11AM 0.16			6:46AM 0.22		8:39PM 0.58	7:34AM 0.24			8:33AM 0.28			9:46AM 0.29			11:04AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	17	11	8	17	13	16	17	9	15	10	12	15	11	14	22	18	12	19	18	13	24
Low °C	19	13	9	7	12	10	14	13	9	13	10	10	14	10	13	20	14	11	15	15	11	22
Chill °C (?)	22	16	7	6	17	13	16	16	9	14	9	10	15	10	14	22	18	12	19	18	12	24
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 S	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	16	12	16	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	9	12	10	10	12	10	10	22	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	14	11	-	14	15	15	14	14	13	15	13	13	16	12	12	16	11	11	11	22	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	11	-	-

	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	1AM	5AM	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	16	7	7	7	6	7	10	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	504	234	501	524	298	346	803	1586	1237	1341	1166	1030	818	1992	3091	1362	1364	1275	1089	1169	1023	2565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 1.41								11:00PM 1.45				11:33AM 1.31	1:31PM 2.28			11:54PM 1.48				11:50AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		2:59AM 0.41	4:23AM 0.24				4:05PM -0.03				6:10AM 0.28	7:34AM 0.23			5:07PM 0.19				6:03AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	23	13	16	17	22	16	9	10	9	7	10	16	8	14	11	11	10	9	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	12	23	12	16	16	22	16	6	8	8	4	8	16	8	13	10	11	10	8	15	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	2.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	16	6	7	14	15	7	10	8	8	16	10	16	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	14	18	18	16	17	16	14	13	11	11	16	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	6	-	7	7	7	6	7	-	8	8	9	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	2.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	16	6	6	18	7	7	6	7	6	14	12	15	7	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	436	288	504	488	356	288	83	415	501	108	165	112	129	547	273	241	243	325	350	413	425	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 1.41												10:48AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)					2:40AM 0.53	3:51AM 0.65													4:51PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	23	13	13	15	16	16	10	13	12	13	13	16	9	18	17	17	16	14	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	23	12	12	13	16	16	7	12	12	11	10	16	6	17	16	16	14	12	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	16	6	6	9	7	7	14	6	7	14	12	7	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	17	17	18	15	18	11	18	12	12	12	15	12	18	15	15	15	14	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	-	1.9 W	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	2.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	6	3	6	6	6	7	-	6	7	6	5	5	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7

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