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

	Tue		Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	5	9	9	7	5	8	6	8	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	0.7 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 WNW	6.0 WSW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	10	12	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	1025	293	2376	4281	11895	9913	6963	12369	6856	2301	1432	2136	1471	1377	558	673	420	1678	1361	1301	1223	1243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 1.83	10:19AM 2.98		8:36PM 1.73	8:35AM 2.38		12:17AM 1.47	10:30AM 2.06		2:15AM 1.73	12:52PM 2.50		2:41AM 1.41	12:57PM 1.98	1:43PM 2.35	3:46AM 1.45	4:21AM 1.66	1:15PM 2.01		4:27AM 1.67	3:52PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	5:19PM -0.31		4:15AM 1.11	2:16PM -0.09	1:38AM 0.78		5:20PM -0.44		4:19AM 0.83	6:32PM -0.11	7:22PM -0.59	6:53AM 0.97		7:30PM -0.39	6:55AM 0.96		8:35PM -0.34	8:52AM 1.10		8:33PM 0.27	9:06AM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	29	1	6	1	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	15	15	14	18	19	10	13	20	15	15	21	18	18	17	20	18	23	13	21	20
Low °C	19	14	14	15	14	15	15	9	12	17	15	11	19	18	13	15	19	16	19	12	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	12	14	13	13	18	19	7	12	20	15	14	21	18	18	17	20	18	23	13	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 WNW	1.6 S	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	8	10	12	16	15	15	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 S	-	1.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	16	9	-	12	-	10	14	14	12	19	18	8	12	16	11	15	12	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 S	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	6.0 WSW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	6	-	10	-	-	-	13	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	13	9	10	11	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1112	1330	1001	1097	1062	1126	2038	1439	1077	3076	6735	9942	11895	11079	10818	9913	7436	6548	6139	8983	4557	4003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 2.86			7:48PM 1.82				9:27AM 2.01					12:20AM 1.82				10:38AM 2.29				11:49PM 1.63	1:16AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			4:32PM 0.14			1:36AM 0.75					5:44PM -0.50				4:19AM 0.71				5:02PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	13	-	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	15	18	18	16	14	15	17	15	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	18	18	16	13	14	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	15	14	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	8	14	14	13	13	10	11	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 S	0.8 WNW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	13	12	13	12	13	13	8	13	10	16	9	9	8	17	-	16	16	13	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	1.5 S	1.3 S	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	9	7	6	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-

	Tuesday 04													Wednesday 05
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	7	7	9	10	10	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	1136	1288	1040	1063	1075	1644	527	374	645	642	1746	1990	1923	1555	1780	3028	2651	2401	678	335	585	2951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)				1:33PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	12	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	16	19	19	16	15	15	15	15	19	18	18	17	16	13	13	14	14	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	16	15	19	19	16	14	14	14	13	18	17	17	15	14	10	11	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	12	13	10	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	7	8	7	13	13	13	13	8	13	7	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	1.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	1.4 SSE	-	1.5 SSE	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	-	4	4	-	5	8	8	8	7	7	9	10	-	5	-	5	10

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