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

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.4 NW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	11	11	8	11	16	8	8	20	8	18	18	18	16	10	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	849	3580	1776	2004	1190	853	928	600	1207	510	1136	1729	1325	1726	1252	1064	523	1110	928	1296	1232	604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 1.42	6:13AM 2.22		9:26PM 0.96	6:31AM 1.34		9:25PM 1.53	7:24AM 1.89		9:12PM 1.55	10:22AM 2.26		9:46PM 1.16	9:56AM 1.65		11:59PM 1.82	11:31AM 1.58		1:18AM 2.02	10:27AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 0.26		10:54PM 1.41			1:09AM 0.84		2:14PM 0.47	1:35AM 1.30		3:25PM 0.01	1:54AM 1.14		5:18PM 0.05	2:55AM 0.54		5:25PM 0.02		6:05AM 0.45	4:13PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	19	9	13	17	24	21	18	17	28	17	26	27	22	18	18	15	17	21	13	17
Low °C	13	20	17	8	12	13	18	20	16	12	27	15	24	26	19	17	16	13	12	19	11	14
Chill °C (?)	19	21	19	7	12	17	24	21	18	17	28	17	26	27	22	18	18	15	17	21	13	17
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.1 NW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	11	13	13	11	11	8	11	16	8	8	20	8	18	18	18	16	10	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	20	20	18	10	18	17	16	14	15	15	13	14	12	14	9	10	18	18	16	17	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.2 NW	-	0.5 W	2.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	3	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	19	18	11	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	16	10	9
Energy(?)	1472	1463	1674	1185	2079	1094	2447	2605	1230	1251	1368	2435	1782	1577	1717	1476	1153	1077	1011	501	774	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								8:50PM 1.42			5:57AM 1.47					9:40PM 1.12			7:59AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					1:08PM 0.22			10:54PM 1.41						2:57PM 0.33			1:40AM 1.18					2:13PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
Temp. °C	11	7	14	12	23	23	19	18	17	17	9	23	8	8	19	11	10	10	10	16	6	25
Chill °C (?)	11	6	13	12	23	23	19	18	17	17	8	23	8	8	19	11	10	10	8	16	4	25
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	13	12	12	12	19	13	7	7	8	11	12	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	9	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	22	18	21	18	20	18	19	12	12	12	18	18	9	9	18	18	18	17	16	16	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	1.4 NW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	12	12	13	12	-	8	6	12	-	-	11	6	-	-	7	-	-	9

	Wednesday 11
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	9	13	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	9	13
Energy(?)	1644	1623	2403	1529	726	723	745	3608	1674	1754	1521	1344	2074	2235	2201	1190	1356	1274	806	695	2573	2956
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)					3:54AM 1.19																	8:51PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	11	7	13	7	13	13	13	14	14	15	9	16	10	10	21	13	12	12	14	18	10	18
Chill °C (?)	11	5	11	6	12	12	12	13	13	14	8	16	6	6	21	12	11	11	12	18	5	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	9	13	9	13	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.8 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	22	14	12	14	21	21	13	21	21	20	18	20	-	-	20	20	20	20	20	19	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	3.5 SW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	6	-	7	7	12	-	-	-	7	8	9	13

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