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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	Thu		Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thu
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	9	9	9	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	9	4	4	3	5	5	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	22	21	11	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	8	10	12	15	16
Energy(?)	1607	1272	1550	3652	1894	12462	10220	7471	5127	4229	4175	3384	2264	1537	4683	1981	898	2075	1590	5182	11542	7084
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:24PM 1.96		5:47AM 1.31	6:32PM 1.25		8:08AM 1.44	5:52PM 1.40		11:45AM 2.58		8:57PM 1.28	11:02AM 2.74		11:49PM 2.35	11:08AM 2.42		11:58PM 2.35	11:44AM 2.53		12:34AM 1.49	12:59PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)	2:03PM 1.23	1:35AM 0.21	11:31AM 0.84		11:26PM 0.46			11:58PM 0.44		2:46PM 0.62	2:30AM 0.33		5:42PM -0.03			5:15PM -0.29		5:38AM 0.62	6:44PM -0.50		7:16AM 0.70	7:54PM -0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	22	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	5	-	-
High °C	27	24	23	11	16	18	14	12	14	13	10	10	18	9	12	16	16	16	18	14	14	18
Low °C	26	23	19	10	14	16	12	10	14	13	8	8	16	8	12	16	14	15	16	13	13	18
Chill °C (?)	27	24	23	8	16	18	12	11	14	12	8	8	18	8	9	16	16	14	17	12	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	22	21	10	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	10	12	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 WNW	2.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	10	8	20	20	16	18	16	15	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	-	14	10	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 W	1.8 NW	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	11	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	4

	Thursday 30				Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sun
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	2.0 NW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	22	12	21	10	20	20	13	10	20	13	19	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	844	1083	1605	1652	1272	1030	2524	2015	1353	1160	1025	4180	13192	14466	9256	8921	9056	8974	8268	7709	7471	6144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							5:47AM 1.31		11:20AM 2.38		6:32PM 1.25	8:46PM 2.08				8:47AM 1.66				8:33PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)														3:17AM 0.39				3:32PM 0.60				3:56AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	24	14	24	13	25	28	10	24	17	12	12	11	16	18	18	17	16	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	24	14	24	13	25	28	10	24	17	11	12	9	16	18	18	17	16	15	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	22	8	21	10	20	20	13	20	20	13	19	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	18	11	16	22	16	12	7	16	15	7	21	22	13	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.0 NW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	12	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30												Friday 31
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 W	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	22	8	22	9	22	22	16	12	8	15	15	14	10	22	10	10	10	10	14	14
Energy(?)	1057	1548	1192	750	1618	690	1607	1605	534	1555	568	1215	1460	1612	742	857	642	802	723	1346	1499	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					3:32PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)															1:56AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	27	20	27	19	25	24	9	20	14	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	27	20	27	19	25	24	7	20	14	8	8	8	10	8	11	11	11	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.7 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	22	12	22	11	22	22	9	11	8	15	15	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	10	11	13	19	18	18	18	18	16	18	11	9	9	19	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	9	7	7	-	12	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	10	4	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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