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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	24	24	20	19	18	18	18	16	16	9
Energy	1502	1750	3353	1924	1794	1830	4135	1524	1311	1053	896	2139	942	1204	1342	1478	1253	2450	2009	1375	1162	1315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:49PM 1.15	1:03AM 1.41		4:01PM 1.47	1:37AM 1.34		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:16PM 1.29	3:56AM 1.07		7:14PM 1.92	4:19AM 1.01		5:23PM 1.45		7:13AM 0.92	6:26PM 2.05		9:09AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30AM -0.11	7:20PM 1.05		8:17AM -0.09	7:31PM 1.37		9:01AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.91	10:39AM 0.10		11:04PM 0.79	11:20AM 0.73		11:03PM 0.60	10:54AM 0.76		1:20AM 0.34	12:10PM 0.52		1:04AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	23	16	18	16	15	15	22	14	14	21	15	12	13	17	25	19	15	17	25	17	16
Low °C	12	21	11	13	16	13	14	21	12	11	19	14	12	13	17	20	19	11	11	24	16	14
Chill °C (?)	14	23	16	18	16	15	15	22	12	13	21	13	12	12	17	25	19	13	17	25	17	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	8	8	9	20	19	18	8	8	16	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	19	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	11	26	14	14	14	14	13	8	18	18	16	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	6	-	8	8	9	-	-

	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th 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	Rockaway CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	10	17	10	10	10	10	10	16	9
Energy	1863	1138	1742	1502	716	1750	1749	3540	3353	3437	5441	1924	1780	1794	1631	3902	1830	4353	5337	4135	447	1524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:09AM 1.55					3:49PM 1.15			1:03AM 1.41					4:01PM 1.47			1:37AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			7:39AM -0.14	9:30AM -0.11			7:20PM 1.05					8:17AM -0.09			7:46PM 0.88	8:23PM 1.39				9:01AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	11	12	15	20	23	16	13	12	19	13	18	16	16	14	17	13	15	14	15	22	21
Chill °C (?)	17	11	12	14	20	23	16	13	12	19	13	18	16	16	14	17	13	15	14	15	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	19	19	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	11	18	19	12	16	20	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	8	18	8	8	8	8	8	18	10	19	19	10	9	9	10	10	19	10	10	9	10	18
Energy	1239	1519	1863	1892	1902	1138	1247	1583	1742	1902	1939	1502	2514	2388	716	1520	881	1750	1670	2258	1749	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)									7:39AM -0.14												7:20PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	11	11	12	12	14	15	15	15	15	20	22	16	23	21	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	15	11	11	12	12	14	15	14	14	14	20	22	16	23	21	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	18	18	18	18	11	11	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	12	16	11	16	16	16	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	-	10	10	9	10	-

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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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