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

	Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thu
	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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	6	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	11	9	9	10	9	10	10	7	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	14	13	11	12	11	11
Energy	1258	835	2591	1102	1318	2020	1867	688	2476	5596	2297	5255	2490	1033	1538	1523	1320	1583	1000	1427	1370	858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:13AM 1.28		9:03PM 1.69	10:37AM 1.63		9:40PM 1.80	11:37AM 1.64		10:21PM 1.87	12:52PM 1.26		10:58PM 2.43	12:10PM 1.39		11:50PM 2.39		3:07PM 1.38	12:45AM 2.28		4:18PM 1.30	2:30AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		2:39PM 0.50	3:51AM -0.32		3:22PM 0.63	4:35AM -0.48		3:11PM 0.55		5:22AM -0.56	4:01PM 1.07		5:28AM -0.08	5:48PM 1.25		7:29AM -0.07	7:45PM 0.95		10:14AM -0.41		8:33PM 0.83	9:38AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	15	18	22	16	17	23	13	16	24	18	15	23	16	21	19	18	15	20	16	15
Low °C	11	19	9	11	21	10	12	22	10	12	23	17	15	23	15	19	17	17	14	19	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	21	15	18	22	15	17	23	11	16	24	18	15	23	15	21	19	18	15	20	16	14
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 S	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	0.3 SSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	10	10	15	15	14	14	11	12	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	13	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	18	13	12	16	17	15	14	14	21	16	15	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	9	9	-	9	10	10	7	-	12	12	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 14						Friday 15								Saturday 16
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Emma Wood State Beach CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW
Period(s)	12	11	11	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	11
Energy	1100	1258	953	835	1019	2903	2591	3412	1177	1102	1111	1318	1378	3385	2020	1965	4156	1867	2037	688	1682	6392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:13AM 1.28				8:49PM 1.80				10:37AM 1.63				9:39PM 2.38					11:37AM 1.64			10:31PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				2:39PM 0.50				3:30AM 0.18				3:22PM 0.63				4:35AM -0.48				3:11PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	21	19	12	15	10	11	11	18	21	22	16	10	11	10	12	17	22	23	18	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	21	19	10	14	10	10	11	18	21	22	16	10	10	9	12	17	22	23	18	10
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	2.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	11	9	10	9	10	10	15	15	15	10	15	15	10	14	15	14	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	11	13	16	15	16	15	15	15	18	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	19	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW
Period (s)	-	11	11	9	8	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	11

	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1002	1462	1100	1350	1258	1258	1287	942	953	461	526	835	895	906	1019	1191	1409	2903	2326	2444	2591	2603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						10:13AM 1.28										8:59PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	15	11	14	15	14	20	21	18	18	19	18	16	12	13	12	15	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	13	15	9	13	14	13	20	21	18	18	19	18	16	10	13	12	14	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	12	13	16	16	8	16	16	12	11	16	16	16	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	17	13	13	11	11	11	16	16	13	13	10	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	-	11	11	11	8	11	11	-	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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