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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Heavens CAL - LA County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.9 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.2 NNW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	16	8	9	9	9	24	21	20	20	18	18	9	16	16	16	16	10	14	14	9	13
Energy	1324	455	1137	1991	883	2438	929	1436	1365	1348	1328	2430	2776	2027	1154	1251	1251	1141	873	835	1114	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 1.66	2:37AM 1.20		5:16PM 1.29	3:56AM 1.07		5:24PM 1.74	4:19AM 1.01	5:30AM 0.94	5:35PM 1.92		8:19AM 0.78	6:56PM 2.08		8:23AM 0.99			10:10AM 1.64		9:58PM 2.47	9:28AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	8:57AM -0.02		9:29PM 0.91	9:40AM 0.08		11:04PM 0.79	11:29AM 0.20		11:03PM 0.60	11:17AM 0.36		1:14AM 0.26			1:04AM 0.11	1:13PM 0.64		3:01AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	14	15	21	15	13	25	17	18	21	17	16	27	18	19	22	19	18	21	13	21
Low °C	12	20	11	10	20	13	11	23	17	16	20	11	13	26	17	18	21	17	16	21	13	20
Chill °C (?)	18	22	12	15	21	13	13	25	17	18	21	16	15	27	18	19	22	19	18	21	13	21
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 S	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	2.2 NNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	15	8	8	21	20	20	18	9	9	16	16	10	16	10	9	10	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	26	15	14	14	14	8	6	18	18	16	10	16	10	14	14	14	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	1.2 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	9	-	8	-	-	6	9	9	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	5	5	5	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	10	16	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	24	24	24	21
Energy	3128	3322	3294	1324	1571	455	943	874	1137	2453	1160	1991	896	883	882	1317	2438	2222	1044	929	1052	1436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:44AM 1.75									2:37AM 1.20								3:56AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)				8:57AM -0.02				8:57PM 1.33				9:40AM 0.08					11:04PM 0.79				12:18PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
Temp. °C	15	10	15	18	15	20	17	13	12	11	10	15	20	21	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	23
Chill °C (?)	15	9	15	18	14	20	17	12	11	10	10	15	20	21	16	13	13	12	12	13	10	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	16	10	16	16	10	16	9	9	9	16	15	15	15	8	8	14	8	8	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	12	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	26	26	26	15	14	24	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	-	9	10	10	8	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	8

	Saturday 06
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	5	5	5	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	16	16	16	9	10	10
Energy	3344	3119	3128	3164	3486	3322	3431	3394	3294	1540	3143	1324	1307	1357	1571	581	455	455	410	1123	943	1814
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:44AM 1.75																5:08PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)											9:23AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	11	10	14	15	15	15	16	18	20	21	15	20	21	20	18	16	17	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	10	9	14	15	15	15	16	18	20	21	14	20	21	20	17	15	17	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	16	16	12	12	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	10	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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