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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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Celestino Sinaloa	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	3	2	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	6	18	16	15	15	7	8	10	10	10	9	12	10	11	9	12	11	11	11	16
Energy(?)	902	1025	173	493	552	674	391	506	1136	1122	994	1982	891	856	282	750	583	838	451	753	1213	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 1.75		7:32AM 1.47	5:33PM 1.89		7:45AM 1.58	7:47PM 2.04		11:29AM 2.12		9:36PM 1.78	10:02AM 1.79	7:21PM 1.63	8:16PM 1.75	9:01AM 1.55		8:52PM 2.05	9:16AM 1.90		8:22PM 1.61	12:16PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21AM 1.33		1:16AM -0.06	11:38AM 1.26		12:40AM 0.29	12:39PM 1.08		2:55AM 0.27		3:43PM 0.77	4:14AM -0.01			2:54AM -0.02		2:57PM 0.30	3:11AM 0.39		3:55PM 0.21	2:29AM 0.35	5:50AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-
High °C	22	23	15	22	26	26	24	18	16	20	18	16	15	30	17	22	16	16	22	16	16	31
Low °C	21	22	14	19	25	22	22	17	14	18	17	15	15	29	16	21	16	15	21	16	14	28
Chill °C (?)	22	23	14	22	26	26	24	18	16	20	18	16	14	30	17	22	16	16	22	15	16	31
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	6	9	16	15	15	7	12	10	10	10	9	12	10	11	9	12	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	8	18	12	10	9	12	15	15	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	6	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Monday 15						Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	11	18	18	16	17	18	18	11	18	18	17	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	8
Energy(?)	591	821	551	1025	1066	1003	1018	587	727	524	500	535	547	894	577	564	583	794	728	531	608	1368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:38AM 1.49			4:01PM 1.81						9:58AM 1.88			6:45PM 2.02				7:46AM 1.30	8:04AM 1.62			6:04PM 1.50	8:38PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			11:20AM 1.01				12:14AM 0.40				1:22PM 1.04				1:18AM -0.07				12:49PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	20	28	23	23	22	28	22	21	22	23	17	21	22	27	23	23	22	24	25	25	28	18
Chill °C (?)	20	28	23	23	22	28	22	21	22	23	17	21	22	27	23	23	22	24	25	25	28	18
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	11	18	11	18	18	16	17	8	10	11	8	18	9	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.8 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	7	12	10	18	5	18	12	17	8	16	16	12	11	11	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8

	Monday 15																		Tuesday 16
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	19	13	19	19	18	18	9	8	9	8	8	9	16	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	9
Energy(?)	538	772	321	819	804	897	905	646	683	234	856	569	719	1175	502	479	466	881	936	508	1116	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:41AM 1.15										5:32PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:46AM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	20	21	21	29	22	21	21	18	18	20	20	28	22	22	22	24	22	22	28	19
Chill °C (?)	18	23	20	21	21	29	22	21	21	18	18	20	20	28	22	22	22	24	22	22	28	19
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	11	19	6	19	19	18	18	9	8	9	9	8	9	16	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	12	12	13	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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