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

	Thu	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	5	5	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	10	10	11	11	18	15
Energy(?)	6835	4497	2557	4156	5661	5777	4443	4713	4664	2739	2292	1616	1612	1523	758	888	1506	1244	947	1491	725	1527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 2.00	11:55AM 2.55		1:45AM 1.61	11:56AM 2.14		11:47PM 1.27	10:49AM 2.02		3:35AM 1.94		1:41PM 2.38		4:02AM 1.56	2:25PM 2.27		5:13AM 1.98	2:44PM 1.85		5:36AM 1.68	2:10PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		6:06AM 1.21	6:44PM -0.19		6:11AM 1.10		2:59AM 1.17	4:41AM 1.37	6:44PM 0.31	8:26PM -0.06	8:27AM 1.12		9:08PM 0.01	8:20AM 1.20		9:53PM 0.09	9:58AM 1.37		10:17PM 0.05	10:41AM 1.12		9:40PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	27
High °C	9	15	11	11	13	11	15	13	12	11	20	15	8	10	9	15	7	4	10	13	19	11
Low °C	8	15	9	10	10	10	13	11	12	8	18	12	7	9	8	14	7	4	10	12	17	10
Chill °C (?)	7	15	11	10	13	10	15	13	10	9	20	15	7	8	8	14	3	1	10	13	19	8
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	10	10	11	11	18	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	16	14	15	13	13	15	9	13	13	15	12	21	20	19	18	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	6	-

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	9298	7996	7494	6633	5417	3639	4164	3800	3424	3848	5613	6294	6513	6598	5651	5180	5101	5503	5005	5005	3902	3787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				1:04AM 1.63								2:06AM 1.99			12:27PM 2.52					2:28AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	6:34PM -0.14				5:37AM 1.05				5:18PM 0.23	7:09PM -0.14			6:41AM 1.27					7:21PM -0.17			4:41AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	8	8	9	15	14	14	8	9	8	8	10	13	12	10	9	9	9	13	16
Chill °C (?)	9	7	8	6	6	8	15	13	14	7	8	7	7	10	13	12	10	8	8	8	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	13	13	16	13	13	20	18	13	13	16	13	13	16	15	15	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 20							Friday 21
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	15	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	9642	9698	9007	8657	8435	7996	1393	3916	4544	6179	5863	5274	4860	5759	4168	3888	3857	4577	4297	4296	4079	4079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)							10:06PM 1.36	11:36PM 1.53		1:25AM 2.00										11:26AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			6:09PM -0.19											5:37AM 1.05	6:06AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	11	10	9	16	12	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	8	7	14	11	9	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	9	8	8	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	0.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	14	14	14	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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

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