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 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			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	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	9	9	6	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	19	17	16	16	17	16	13	12	13	14	12	12	16	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	18
Energy(?)	313	8140	13376	14763	11371	4671	5079	2132	1098	1609	2703	3831	2874	4420	4784	3532	2011	1428	1926	1562	2134	1322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 1.88	2:06PM 2.15	3:26AM 2.43			3:08AM 1.50	4:13AM 2.20	4:00PM 1.56		4:46AM 2.44	5:00PM 1.25		5:35AM 2.19			6:33AM 2.03		7:05PM 1.18	7:19AM 2.04		8:45PM 1.38	5:51AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			8:41PM 0.44	8:51AM 0.69		7:57PM 0.23	10:36AM 0.77		9:58PM 0.97	11:37AM 1.04		10:39PM 1.18	12:55PM 0.52		11:27PM 1.40		1:56PM 0.28	10:08PM 1.12			12:04AM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	8	8	9	9	14	15	10	8	10	10	10	12	11	13	15	18	14	15	16	14	20
Low °C	13	7	6	7	9	14	15	8	7	8	10	9	11	11	12	13	15	13	13	14	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	6	5	9	6	12	14	9	6	9	8	7	11	9	12	15	18	13	15	16	14	20
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	19	17	16	16	17	16	13	12	11	14	12	12	16	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.3 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.5 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	1.2 WNW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	-	13	13	9	13	13	12	13	21	21	18	11	9	-	12	12	22	21	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07								Thursday 08								Friday 09
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	2	8	5	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	9	7	7	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	21	11	21	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	16
Energy(?)	768	2061	1453	1341	402	432	15273	8339	12895	13634	9515	11565	12564	11247	7067	8232	6893	6056	5091	5079	3400	3880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:53AM 2.18			11:32AM 0.68					3:26AM 2.43				3:03PM 1.89				2:00AM 1.64	4:26AM 2.00			1:19PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)				7:44AM 0.74				8:38PM 0.02				9:21AM 1.20				9:35PM 0.19				8:17AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	9	10	10	16	14	7	8	6	7	7	7	9	9	6	6	5	14	6	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	8	10	10	15	12	4	6	5	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	3	13	5	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	21	21	21	23	21	14	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	16	15	13	15	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 07
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	2	8	5	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	9	7	7	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	4.0 NW	1.5 WNW	4.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.0 NW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	19	19	19	11	19	11	20	11
Energy(?)	737	1680	635	650	548	366	2285	1056	1382	1641	986	2050	4951	8378	3524	4228	10266	638	10266	1326	1244	1325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	2:15PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	10	11	12	12	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	15	10	15	12	15
Chill °C (?)	14	9	8	10	11	12	8	10	9	10	10	9	5	5	6	9	9	13	7	13	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	1.5 WNW	4.0 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	19	11	12	19	11	19	23	11	23
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.3 S	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	23	14	6	14	5	21	22	21	21	21	20	19	15	19	19	14	13	14	13	20	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	2.2 WNW	1.3 NW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	4	-	11	5	11

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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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