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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	Mon		Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	14	10	12	12	11	12	9	8	10	10	12	9	11	19
Energy(?)	895	545	1088	1882	1386	1459	908	471	264	850	727	598	456	455	587	615	466	591	1780	1663	1213	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:18PM 1.75	7:35AM 1.69		2:14AM 2.56	12:42PM 2.41		1:03AM 2.37			1:34AM 2.47		2:17PM 2.28	2:15AM 2.65		3:40PM 1.91	3:13AM 3.75		4:06PM 1.98	3:30AM 2.66		5:21PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15PM 0.26	3:46AM 0.91		2:01PM 0.18		6:39AM 0.41	6:57PM 0.08		8:46AM 1.38	7:22PM 0.20		8:04AM -0.00		8:03PM 0.36	8:50AM -0.14		8:59PM 1.11	9:53AM 0.37		9:19PM 0.74	10:35AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	15	14	11	10	16	14	26	17	16	21	27	24	20	22	6	16	10	10	10	26
Low °C	9	11	11	14	11	9	15	14	20	16	15	17	24	22	16	20	4	11	9	9	8	25
Chill °C (?)	10	13	15	14	10	10	15	14	26	16	16	21	27	24	20	22	3	16	7	8	8	26
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	7	9	10	10	10	14	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	18	17	17	17	16	15	13	14	11	12	11	16	12	11	14	9	14	8	14	13	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	-	-	8	-	-	12	-	-	-

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	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	16	16	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1021	683	1096	1068	1438	1180	1441	1088	1699	1296	1314	1566	1481	1337	1224	1082	1486	1486	806	819	840	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:58PM 1.47		1:58AM 2.47				12:58PM 2.66				12:47AM 2.30				1:08PM 3.39				1:14AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50PM 0.37					5:59AM 0.64				6:15PM 0.04				6:39AM 0.41				6:57PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	25	22	23	9	10	11	15	10	15	13	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	25	22	23	9	9	10	15	10	15	13	9	8	8	8	10	8	9	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	16	16	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	18	13	13	18	18	17	17	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	16	12	15	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	18	16	16	11	18	18	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1032	609	1375	1310	895	372	372	397	1036	415	460	905	975	1064	990	1102	3462	3685	1299	1310	1441	1779
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														12:22AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)			1:39PM 0.18				5:52PM 0.01		7:07PM 1.04										5:59AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	26	27	27	10	14	13	13	10	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	26	27	27	9	13	12	13	10	13	12	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 NW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	16	8	16	16	11	8	8	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	18	13	13	12	13	13	18	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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