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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7 day 48 hour

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	9	16	9	9	15	16	15	14	10	9	14	8	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	8
Energy(?)	337	576	415	457	645	798	505	654	566	371	511	450	243	191	147	183	233	485	277	317	381	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.58	3:11AM 1.42		4:28PM 1.67	1:23AM 1.46	1:23PM 1.44	5:51PM 2.17	2:54AM 1.04		4:00PM 1.60		5:14AM 0.97	4:27PM 2.06		7:08AM 0.94		9:00PM 2.52	11:28AM 1.67		10:02PM 2.59	8:19AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	8:55AM -0.02		9:34PM 0.64	10:04AM 0.69			6:20AM 0.64		8:52PM 0.71	8:56AM 0.51		1:10AM 0.55	8:05AM 0.94		11:43PM 0.35	11:17AM 0.73	2:46PM 0.93	4:23AM -0.33		3:39PM 1.12		12:37PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	30	14	18	16	14	30	30	25	30	14	14	30	15	15	18	20	17	16	17	14	13
Low °C	17	30	11	17	15	12	28	29	23	28	13	10	28	15	13	15	20	13	13	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	30	13	18	16	13	30	30	25	30	13	12	30	14	14	18	20	16	15	17	14	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:57	-	-	9:12	-	-	7:06	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	9	16	9	9	15	16	15	14	10	9	14	14	13	7	8	13	12	13	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	19	12	15	18	5	9	9	5	15	15	9	10	9	13	13	19	19	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	8	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	-

	Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Celestino Sinaloa	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 NW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	18	17	9	17	18	18	10	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	16
Energy(?)	900	1300	1343	974	1154	448	665	853	818	418	443	275	568	446	662	371	1149	932	985	1005	945	654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 1.60							11:25PM 1.36				12:35PM 1.41						5:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				9:26AM 0.49			5:34PM 0.76	10:25PM 0.70			7:29AM 0.17	9:29AM 0.62			6:50PM 0.74	8:28PM 0.57	11:54PM 0.40				12:00PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	13	15	14	18	29	12	27	17	18	15	29	18	28	18	12	12	13	16	16	30
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	15	13	18	29	12	27	17	18	15	29	18	28	18	12	11	13	16	16	30
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 NW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	18	17	9	17	18	18	10	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	15	13	13	20	12	13	13	9	10	12	10	12	18	18	18	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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