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 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13
	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	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Turtles Washington	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	12	6	7	8	14	8	18	12	18	11	16	11	11	10	11	7	15	14	16	12
Energy	717	443	1069	266	161	721	328	326	716	990	638	930	737	887	870	855	617	678	390	429	679	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 1.95		5:51PM 1.51	4:37AM 2.07		6:41PM 1.59	4:06AM 2.59		6:47PM 1.16	8:08PM 1.77		7:05PM 1.22			7:32PM 1.32		5:25AM 1.26	7:50PM 1.49		8:17AM 1.12	6:13PM 1.67	10:55PM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)	9:45PM 1.10	11:11AM 0.83		10:55PM 1.23	12:01PM 0.08			12:09PM 0.12		1:30AM 1.04	12:00PM 0.11		12:50AM 0.68	11:14AM 0.64		1:09AM 0.91	11:25AM 0.56		2:26AM 0.23	1:51PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	20	17	21	20	11	17	29	14	25	20	29	19	13	18	20	19	15	16	30	13
Low °C	9	11	18	16	18	20	11	16	28	11	22	19	27	16	13	15	18	16	12	13	30	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	20	16	21	20	10	17	29	12	25	20	29	19	12	18	20	19	14	15	30	13
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	6:50	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:30	-	-	6:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	7	17	8	8	18	12	12	11	16	11	11	10	8	11	8	11	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	18	13	9	13	14	16	13	16	18	18	13	7	16	16	11	14	11	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	2.2 NNW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	6	-	8	-	-	6	7	7	8	4	-	7	-	-	7	-	3	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Turtles Washington
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.1 SSW	1.7 W
Period(s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	7	7	7	13	11	8	21	8	8	8	19	12
Energy	756	1664	665	1190	775	652	348	385	353	539	868	739	634	435	612	285	578	1709	1202	1096	1019	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:25AM 1.84	3:47AM 2.19					6:19PM 1.09			2:07AM 1.29								3:20AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		10:14PM 1.82				10:48AM 0.05	12:27PM 0.90			10:54PM 1.18				8:21AM 0.66				10:02PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	15	9	9	13	13	12	16	8	15	14	16	17	22	23	25	16	15	15	27	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	14	9	8	12	13	12	16	8	14	13	16	16	22	23	25	15	14	14	27	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	8	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	7	7	7	13	13	11	21	8	8	8	19	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	12	14	16	8	8	14	6	14	8	12	12	11	18	17	18	14	18	18	19	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 W	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	7	7	6	11	8	6	8	8	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	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Turtles Washington
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	0.6 SW
Period(s)	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	18	14
Energy	763	1121	454	968	864	769	681	533	425	802	535	512	494	264	388	156	165	425	450	468	210	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									1:28AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					9:55PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	14	10	11	10	10	10	12	10	14	14	14	16	13	19	26	20	20	20	26	9
Chill °C (?)	11	8	12	8	10	9	9	10	12	8	13	13	13	15	13	19	26	20	20	20	26	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	14	8	12	12	12	12	13	12	6	6	6	12	12	6	6	12	12	12	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	15	14	12	8	8	16	7	5	8	13	13	13	14	6	13	14	14	14	14	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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