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

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ballona Creek and Jetty CAL - LA County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 W	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	7	7	7	15	16	12	15	6	13
Energy(?)	794	918	1144	669	939	1097	857	659	1573	810	810	672	416	244	311	358	161	328	83	353	161	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:57AM 1.40			8:14PM 1.24	6:01AM 1.49		9:00PM 1.39	7:16AM 1.51		9:06PM 1.76	9:32AM 2.43		11:34PM 2.19	11:03AM 2.11		10:02PM 1.92	10:58AM 1.53		11:46PM 2.56	12:08PM 2.40		11:58PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	10:28PM 0.86	12:37PM -0.17		12:30AM 0.93	1:34PM -0.20	3:16PM -0.05	2:19AM 0.79		2:15PM -0.12	2:28AM 1.01		3:45PM -0.09		5:11AM 0.51	3:39PM 0.44	4:02AM 0.70		5:31PM 0.68		6:01AM 0.67	6:25PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	9	16	15	9	20	15	14	15	19	18	24	21	21	18	9	6	18	29	6	27	18	11
Low °C	7	10	14	4	20	13	10	12	18	17	20	19	19	17	9	2	18	28	4	26	17	11
Chill °C (?)	7	16	13	6	20	14	14	15	19	18	24	21	21	18	7	2	18	29	3	27	18	9
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	10	16	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	9	8	11	9	6	16	12	15	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	16	20	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	9	6	10	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	-	0.5 W	-	0.5 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	3	-	4	6	5

	Wed		Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	8	11
Energy(?)	511	1244	2101	2425	1977	1215	1167	1964	1799	1154	1077	1435	1066	1234	890	713	1020	1295	1198	1267	1068	1764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:35PM 0.92			4:35AM 1.58									7:54AM 2.25					9:30PM 2.14				8:02AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 0.91					12:58PM -0.06				1:17AM 1.58				1:35PM 0.30					2:40AM 1.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	11	10	15	9	16	21	18	19	11	13	5	9	20	19	13	9	9	9	9	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	11	10	15	8	15	21	18	19	10	13	3	7	20	19	13	9	8	9	8	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	16	7	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	15	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	16	14	14	12	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	407	470	398	486	536	935	1373	1311	2101	1249	1783	1946	731	655	1487	1469	2749	702	702	798	1197	840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:21PM 1.16											6:13AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)							11:37PM 1.03														1:39PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	15	17	8	10	12	11	13	6	7	7	7	14	16	10	10	11	13	9	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	15	17	7	7	12	11	11	2	3	6	5	12	15	10	7	8	11	6	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	9	16	9	9	10	9	16	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	10	12	12	16	8	11	16	16	16	16	13	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	-	-	9	8	9	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	9	9

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Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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