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

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	7	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	2.0 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	14	15	13	8	11	11	13	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	16	17	15	16	17	16	16
Energy(?)	231	382	181	265	639	1419	791	2616	6501	4500	5285	2619	2062	2791	4061	2970	1537	2425	2989	3427	4631	1978
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:56PM 0.95		4:18AM 1.78		7:23PM 0.89	6:49AM 2.31		9:57PM 1.81	8:21AM 2.80		9:38PM 1.32	9:24AM 2.87		10:51PM 2.17	9:33AM 2.92		11:31PM 2.24	9:55AM 2.10		11:00PM 1.71	10:03AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44AM 0.22		11:28PM 1.06	11:56AM 0.04		10:26PM 0.81		2:56PM -0.06	2:03AM 1.30		3:55PM -0.24	1:25AM 1.00		4:02PM 0.05	3:34AM 1.44		4:49PM -0.02			5:32PM -0.01	3:53AM 1.02	4:06AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	15	11	10	17	13	13	19	21	15	21	15	13	15	19	13	20	19	16	21
Low °C	15	11	12	13	11	9	15	12	13	18	18	13	20	14	12	13	18	12	18	15	15	19
Chill °C (?)	16	12	13	13	8	8	17	12	13	19	21	14	21	14	12	15	19	12	20	19	16	21
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.0 SW	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	11	6	10	7	8	11	11	13	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	15	16	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	18	14	15	13	13	16	12	18	18	16	16	16	15	21	18	16	17	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	15	11	11	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	212	209	357	216	215	245	531	368	350	315	321	201	470	639	1316	1145	1419	1688	1624	1597	1099	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:24AM 1.71	5:18AM 2.63				6:33PM 1.29				6:13AM 2.68					7:47PM 1.78			6:01AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)					10:44AM 0.22				11:28PM 1.06					1:04PM 0.55			11:53PM 1.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	8	13	15	16	13	10	9	8	7	14	14	11	10	10	10	9	12	11	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	11	6	13	15	16	12	8	7	6	5	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	11	9	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WNW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	11	10	11	11	11	14	6	6	7	7	14	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W
Period (s)	18	18	15	16	16	16	10	14	14	13	13	10	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 N	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	-	-	6	2	2	2	2	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	12	16	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	16
Energy(?)	168	214	349	209	209	232	348	365	357	355	363	216	342	300	271	291	341	341	431	379	386	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						3:20AM 1.58	4:51AM 2.20	5:18AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)														11:51AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	7	12	12	12	11	7	8	8	8	13	11	15	16	15	14	13	14	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	5	12	12	12	9	4	6	6	6	13	10	14	16	14	13	12	13	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	6	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	18	16	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	14	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 N	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	-	4	6	6	5	6	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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