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

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	12	10	9	12	11	11	9	9	10	10	9	14	15	10	12	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	692	870	875	5144	2541	1709	1264	1558	824	1076	382	705	671	340	346	192	435	979	1236	3465	4033	3902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:11PM 1.96	3:38AM 2.34	11:27AM 1.41	1:24PM 1.34	11:56PM 2.07	4:20AM 2.34	4:37PM 1.08	3:54AM 2.62	4:45AM 3.17	6:49PM 1.02	7:10PM 1.56	5:53AM 2.42		7:52PM 1.86	6:14AM 2.58		8:58PM 1.98	6:22AM 2.15		9:46PM 2.11	9:23AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54PM 0.38	5:38AM 0.62	6:18PM 0.96		12:08PM 0.11		9:23PM 1.36			11:40PM 1.01		1:56PM 0.04	11:54PM 1.59		1:56PM 0.39	1:24AM 1.56		2:55PM 0.29	2:37AM 1.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	14	7	1	-	21	49	15	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	8	6	8	12	13	17	12	13	13	13	15	15	20	7	22	9	7	12	9	11	15
Low °C	15	7	4	7	12	12	14	9	12	13	13	13	14	17	5	19	7	6	11	8	9	13
Chill °C (?)	16	4	1	5	10	11	16	9	11	11	13	15	14	20	5	22	7	6	10	7	10	15
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WNW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	12	11	13	12	10	9	9	11	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	10	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	11	11	12	12	10	9	14	9	9	8	12	8	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	9	11	13	8	11	13	9	11	11	11	9	13	13	12	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1188	1486	690	499	227	219	2646	867	3069	1503	1263	3709	3398	3175	1709	1719	1489	1264	1017	1984	1140	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								1:41AM 1.76					4:14PM 1.78			3:02AM 2.63					4:38PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25AM 0.23	10:09AM 0.19		5:48PM 0.79									9:49PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	5	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	6
Temp. °C	5	6	7	17	12	18	7	11	10	7	13	7	7	8	12	13	12	14	19	15	13	9
Chill °C (?)	1	2	3	17	12	18	3	9	7	5	12	4	4	6	10	11	10	13	19	15	12	8
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 SW	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	9	11	13	10	11	13	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	13	12	15	13	16	15	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.8 SW	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	4	4	3	-	-	-	4	8	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	-	4

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 SW	0.8 WNW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	12	10	11	10	8	9	10	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	5	10	11	13
Energy(?)	646	940	538	683	383	346	694	157	706	202	276	2125	2388	2655	1288	1288	1370	1469	212	1853	1976	4986
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											2:06PM 1.18	3:11PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)							10:09AM 0.19									7:58PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	5	14	11	17	5	11	12	4	12	9	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	2	1	0	13	10	17	1	8	9	-1	9	6	4	2	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 SW	0.8 WNW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	12	10	11	10	8	9	10	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	13	13	9	13	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.4 S	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	1.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SSW	0.6 SE	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	4	4	3	-	-	-	3	5	4	3	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	-	4

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