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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			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	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	19	18	18	14	13	16	16	16	15	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	15	8	7	12	15
Energy(?)	437	594	920	826	463	595	854	677	548	561	1000	896	1015	698	599	753	841	390	423	417	202	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:08PM 1.38			9:39PM 1.36		8:00PM 1.19	4:12AM 1.59	6:03AM 1.83		9:02PM 1.23				6:45AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			8:19AM 0.67			11:08AM 0.58		10:53PM 1.37	1:40PM 0.59		1:53AM 0.78			1:00AM 0.49	1:25PM -0.01							2:21PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	13	12	7	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	17	27	28	13	13	27	21	12	9	8	10	11	11	14	11	13	29	16	13	10	14
Low °C	26	17	25	27	11	12	27	18	11	7	6	9	11	10	10	11	9	26	16	12	8	12
Chill °C (?)	27	16	27	28	13	13	27	21	9	6	6	8	9	10	14	10	12	29	15	12	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	6:25	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	18	18	8	8	16	16	16	15	16	9	10	10	10	15	9	15	16	7	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	16	12	5	13	14	13	12	4	12	11	11	15	14	15	14	15	14	10	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 NW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	7	5	4	-	-	4	5	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	8	-	-	4

	Wednesday 08				Thursday 09								Friday 10								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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	20	16	17	18	18	16	18	16	17	16	18	18	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	467	603	561	530	581	703	822	787	502	826	539	768	811	604	549	595	524	520	740	711	750	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)											7:54PM 1.08	10:00PM 1.27		3:20AM 1.14					8:00PM 1.19			4:57AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)								9:48AM 0.76	11:51AM 0.62								12:50PM 0.61				12:16AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	28	24	18	23	23	25	18	14	28	13	23	24	17	17	13	14	12	24	25	25	16
Chill °C (?)	17	28	24	18	23	23	25	17	13	28	13	23	24	17	17	13	13	11	24	25	25	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	12	17	18	18	8	18	8	17	16	18	18	8	16	8	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	12	12	12	16	13	13	12	16	13	16	12	12	5	5	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	7	4	5	-	5	5	8	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	4	7

	Wednesday 08												Thursday 09
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	16	16	12	16	16	20	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	17	18	18	16
Energy(?)	444	503	559	455	440	603	602	651	198	565	293	653	609	343	343	168	410	325	715	705	822	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)												10:08PM 1.38		12:54AM 1.19			3:37AM 1.91	4:14AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)											9:35PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	27	27	26	27	28	27	17	14	24	14	23	22	17	17	13	13	12	23	23	25	18
Chill °C (?)	17	27	27	26	27	28	27	16	14	24	14	23	22	17	17	13	13	12	23	23	25	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	13	16	9	16	16	8	8	7	9	10	17	18	18	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	7	12	13	14	14	16	16	9	16	9	13	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	-	7	7	7	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-

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