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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	8	14	13	10	9	9	12	9	16	16	14	15	12	12	13	14	12	11	18	16	16	14
Energy	476	500	485	881	500	742	210	484	495	619	438	419	910	640	292	306	263	615	1072	1162	1294	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:07AM 2.00		7:18PM 1.65		6:15AM 2.00	7:23PM 1.32		5:59AM 1.81		9:31PM 2.04	7:57AM 1.44		10:13PM 2.16	9:56AM 1.80	7:17PM 1.96	9:43PM 1.69	10:06AM 1.29		11:21PM 2.35	12:09PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11PM 1.37	10:53AM -0.19		12:30AM 1.03	1:26PM -0.03		1:09AM 0.77	1:00PM 0.42		3:23AM 0.72		3:03PM 0.19	4:23AM 0.47			4:09AM 0.20		5:03PM 0.38		5:55AM 0.04	5:41PM 0.51	2:27AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	14	9	11	17	19	12	13	11	11	14	11	11	15	17	12	12	11	13	13	10
Low °C	11	12	13	6	9	16	16	9	12	10	11	13	10	11	15	16	10	12	7	9	12	9
Chill °C (?)	14	17	12	7	10	16	19	12	13	11	10	14	10	11	14	16	12	10	8	11	12	7
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	13	10	9	11	12	9	8	8	14	15	12	9	13	14	12	11	18	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	14	14	16	12	12	16	13	14	16	16	8	9	14	12	17	16	11	20	11	10	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	1.0 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNW	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	8	6	6	8	-

	Wed		Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S
Period(s)	10	10	14	10	10	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	14	12
Energy	1109	1210	1343	1262	1341	505	1104	1022	1109	1031	1036	1183	909	751	548	579	599	717	630	514	572	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:58AM 2.17					6:56PM 1.25				6:22AM 2.12				7:51PM 1.33	8:40PM 1.92			7:46AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51PM 0.90				10:32AM -0.16	11:17AM -0.15				11:27PM 0.94									2:07AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	9	9	8	16	13	19	11	8	8	9	7	12	17	10	10	11	10	9	10	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	8	9	8	16	12	19	11	8	5	9	6	11	16	10	10	10	9	8	10	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 S	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	14	10	10	8	13	16	7	10	10	10	10	9	14	11	9	9	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	17	7	13	13	14	16	11	13	12	12	12	16	12	13	15	11	15	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	-	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	13	7	-	10	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	8

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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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	14	14	13	9	14	9	14	11	14	13	11	10	15	13	13	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1058	828	745	1295	1276	613	778	513	1092	1819	670	1491	1791	1537	569	941	1220	1733	1733	1703	1490	824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											3:47AM 1.76	4:32AM 2.12	5:05AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:29PM -0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	11	10	13	12	11	9	8	8	8	9	9	16	10	12	10	10	10	11	22
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	9	12	12	10	8	6	6	7	8	8	15	9	12	9	8	8	10	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:44	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	18	14	14	13	9	8	9	9	11	14	13	11	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	6	18	13	13	15	17	17	13	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

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