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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 S	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	17	9	8	10	10	15	14	13	8	7	7	14	13	13	11	12	12	15	16	12
Energy(?)	1098	259	576	2101	866	714	1358	478	586	284	195	293	385	1336	1711	1711	778	1287	1108	341	535	789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.70	11:27AM 1.60		12:30AM 2.72	1:24PM 2.35		10:57PM 1.71	12:36PM 1.25			1:39PM 1.22	2:07PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		4:58AM -0.03	5:12AM -0.04			7:10AM -0.31	6:30PM 0.29		5:34AM -0.36			6:21AM -0.41	6:46PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	11	1	1	10	-	-
High °C	7	14	17	12	15	15	17	15	17	25	10	14	14	13	12	14	12	15	15	11	26	18
Low °C	7	10	17	11	14	13	16	14	16	25	10	12	14	12	12	13	11	14	15	10	25	18
Chill °C (?)	4	13	16	9	13	15	16	15	16	25	9	14	14	13	10	12	12	14	14	10	26	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 S	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	15	8	14	13	10	10	10	10	13	8	7	7	14	13	13	11	12	12	15	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	12	17	18	17	13	13	15	14	9	14	14	14	7	7	13	13	12	12	9	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	-	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SW	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	6	-	9	8	-	10	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	5	-	7	6	5	-	6	6

	Wednesday 15				Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	0.6 S	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	17	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	607	642	1485	1115	1780	1440	1870	582	1376	542	2172	1550	1474	1206	1101	1267	1093	715	1218	1014	632	920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)					11:57PM 2.57			10:40AM 1.27				10:25PM 1.61	11:05PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 0.18					5:56AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	11	9	7	5	4	8	14	19	17	16	12	8	14	15	15	15	17	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	11	7	4	4	3	6	14	19	16	15	11	6	13	14	14	14	17	13	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	14	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	14	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	10	13	13	15	14	14	17	14	14	14	17	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	2.1 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	-	-	9	-	9	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10

	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	10	9	10	10	15	15	15	9	6	15	9	15	15	7	7	8	15	14	6	10
Energy(?)	527	316	432	1583	1048	1098	244	318	188	654	493	241	1108	248	248	578	579	567	267	212	413	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							5:14PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	11	10	7	7	13	15	14	17	14	12	9	13	13	14	14	12	11	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	10	7	3	3	11	14	13	16	13	11	5	11	11	12	12	10	8	9	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	15	8	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	6	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	12	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	7	7	10	12	12	18	15	12	9	15	15	12	12	18	15	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	2.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	-	-	5	5	5	9	6	6	9	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	6

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