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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	9	8	5	5	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	10	10	17
Energy(?)	3430	7884	6835	4642	2555	3938	5736	5777	4443	4856	4722	3640	1489	1462	1878	1617	909	956	234	1686	1212	1324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35AM 2.63		1:25AM 2.00	11:55AM 2.55		2:06AM 1.99	11:56AM 2.14		1:21AM 1.49			2:23AM 1.49	11:26AM 1.95	1:41PM 2.38		4:24AM 1.94	2:25PM 2.27		5:13AM 1.98	3:19PM 2.14		5:36AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		6:09PM -0.19		6:06AM 1.21		7:09PM -0.14	6:11AM 1.10			7:18AM 1.32	5:32PM 0.34		5:20AM 1.41		9:36PM -0.03	8:52AM 1.39		9:29PM -0.02	9:58AM 1.37		8:57PM 0.48	10:41AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-
High °C	11	12	8	14	11	10	13	11	15	12	12	14	14	15	13	11	16	15	18	10	12	14
Low °C	10	11	7	14	10	9	10	10	14	11	12	13	12	12	12	8	16	15	15	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	7	14	11	9	13	10	15	10	10	13	14	15	12	9	16	14	18	6	10	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	4:54	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 S	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.3 W	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	11	-	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	15	15	15	9	13	8	12	7	21	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

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	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	5	8	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	17	15
Energy(?)	1489	3100	7020	9595	9363	8067	7494	6633	5225	3639	4378	3800	3260	3561	5485	6372	6263	6870	5651	5180	5077	5425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:24AM 2.58					1:04AM 1.63								2:06AM 1.99			12:27PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	4:45AM 1.45				6:34PM -0.14								5:18PM 0.23	7:09PM -0.14			6:41AM 1.27				6:00PM 0.27	7:21PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	11	9	15	15	13	9	9	8	8	11	13	12	15	10
Chill °C (?)	7	10	9	10	9	7	8	6	9	8	15	15	13	8	8	7	7	11	13	12	15	10
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	17	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	1.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	13	16	13	13	20	18	13	13	16	13	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	5	8	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.5 W	1.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	13	9	14	12	9	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1215	1498	2010	2471	2818	3430	4177	4405	955	7690	477	1155	1414	9298	10138	8851	8359	8589	7606	7164	4915	7185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							10:58AM 2.17															1:04AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	4:45AM 1.45	5:03AM 0.98											4:38PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	9	9	10	12	12	13	11	15	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	8	8	11	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	6	6	6	8	12	12	11	9	14	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	7	8	10	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	4.5 W	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	4.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	13	15	14	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.9 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	-	16	14	14	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	0.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	-	9	-	4	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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