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

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Topanga Point CAL - LA County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	1	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.8 S	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	1.4 W	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	7	16	16	19	16	16	17	18	15	16	16	15	15	11	14	10	13	10	9	8
Energy(?)	43	516	655	349	200	590	431	401	630	786	372	637	287	566	250	589	653	614	369	732	410	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:25PM 0.73	3:04AM 1.50		6:58PM 1.46	2:04AM 1.28			8:04PM 4:20AM 0.98 1.22		7:08PM 0.99	8:24PM 1.00	5:13AM 1.28			6:17AM 1.33	7:46PM 1.72					9:36AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	9:04AM 0.11	4:36PM 0.71	9:31PM 1.02	7:36AM 0.73			11:53AM 0.18		10:31PM 0.97	12:53PM 0.12		12:42AM 0.82	12:45PM 0.05			1:13PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	19	2	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	18	28	22	17	16	20	14	15	16	19	16	27	9	10	13	12	28	15	13	12
Low °C	18	20	15	26	22	16	14	19	12	12	16	18	15	25	8	8	12	9	28	14	10	8
Chill °C (?)	22	20	18	28	22	16	16	20	14	15	16	19	16	27	7	8	11	10	28	14	13	12
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 W	1.1 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	6	14	6	12	6	16	8	16	17	18	15	16	7	15	11	11	9	10	13	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	18	13	6	13	12	16	12	8	8	7	8	16	9	5	15	14	15	6	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	6	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Topanga Point CAL - LA County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	2	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	6	7	6	6	6	13	13	13	16	16	8	7	17	18	18	16	16
Energy(?)	541	409	510	506	178	107	544	721	554	529	298	244	61	603	561	1263	1072	703	822	835	493	544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:00AM 1.41								1:44AM 1.34								1:39AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)												10:24AM 0.21								9:48AM 0.76	11:51AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	15	10	18	21	23	18	17	16	15	18	22	24	28	24	20	19	22	25	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	15	10	17	21	23	18	17	16	15	18	22	24	28	24	20	19	22	25	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	6	14	6	6	6	7	6	6	16	16	8	7	17	18	18	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	6	10	12	19	14	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	16	13	13	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	10	-	7	6	6	6	-	6	5	4	5	8	7	5	5	8	-	-

	Tuesday 07
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Topanga Point CAL - LA County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	2	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	549	404	397	362	192	54	481	443	446	475	303	379	44	584	579	260	250	508	504	581	294	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										8:53AM 0.18												8:35PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	10	17	9	17	12	12	13	16	18	19	22	29	29	21	21	28	27	17	14	12
Chill °C (?)	11	16	10	16	9	17	11	11	12	16	18	19	22	29	29	21	21	28	27	16	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	14	10	13	14	6	6	14	14	6	14	14	6	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	11	6	15	10	11	14	14	6	6	14	7	11	14	18	18	6	6	18	18	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-

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