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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Westport-The Corner Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	14	13	10	14	9	8	13	16	16	14	15	13	12	9	13	13	11	18	16	15	13	13
Energy	522	676	838	567	790	457	341	474	339	451	495	961	674	611	327	182	539	709	1326	1183	708	879
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:33PM 1.25					6:33AM 1.49		9:31PM 2.04	8:46AM 1.80	6:56PM 1.84		8:12AM 1.71		10:49PM 2.27	11:16AM 1.90		9:58PM 1.67	1:34PM 2.25	7:59PM 2.15	11:28PM 2.19	12:06PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18PM -0.16		12:01AM 1.14	12:06PM 0.34		12:32AM 0.73	1:35PM -0.00	2:09PM 0.08	3:23AM 0.72			1:01AM 0.77		4:21PM 0.25		5:12AM 0.24	5:03PM 0.38	4:38AM 0.07	7:33AM 1.31			5:43AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	9	17	17	11	17	13	12	11	14	11	12	11	13	17	10	9	11	12	10	11
Low °C	12	14	5	16	17	9	16	13	12	11	14	10	9	11	12	16	10	7	8	11	9	8
Chill °C (?)	16	12	7	16	16	9	16	12	10	11	13	10	11	10	11	16	8	7	9	10	8	10
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	10	14	11	11	13	8	16	14	8	13	9	9	13	13	8	18	16	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	16	12	13	16	14	12	16	8	8	15	13	12	11	11	16	11	7	10	10	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.1 NNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	-	6	-	7	9	8	8	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	8	7	5	6

	Thursday 23						Friday 24								Saturday 25
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	10	14	11	13	10	13	10	10	9	9	14	14	8	9	9	9	14	13	12	12	8	16
Energy	1341	509	1396	1022	1027	936	1213	1201	746	662	555	622	587	689	603	594	572	317	274	355	620	571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:06PM 1.74				6:22AM 2.12				7:11PM 1.73	8:40PM 1.92			7:46AM 1.99					8:47PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		10:32AM -0.16	11:55AM -0.16				11:27PM 0.94									2:07AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	16	12	19	9	12	8	9	7	12	17	17	11	10	10	9	10	12	13	17	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	16	10	19	7	11	6	9	6	11	16	16	9	8	9	8	10	11	13	16	11	10
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	8	13	16	10	13	10	10	9	9	14	14	12	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	17	11	12	16	12	12	11	11	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	16	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 NNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	13	-	7	10	-	-	-	7	9	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-

	Thursday 23																		Friday 24
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	1.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	2.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 S	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	10	14	10	14	11	14	13	10	11	11	15	15	13	10	10	10	10	13	11	14	10	10
Energy	1291	476	1294	524	1442	509	775	1280	1537	1328	635	636	1469	1126	1081	1087	1008	629	321	578	1498	844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)															7:37PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)						10:32AM -0.16	11:28AM -0.21	12:03PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	9	14	9	16	13	10	10	10	18	17	16	10	9	8	8	10	9	16	9	8
Chill °C (?)	9	10	7	14	8	16	11	7	8	8	17	16	15	8	8	7	8	8	9	15	8	6
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.0 W	1.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	11	8	13	13	11	11	15	15	13	10	10	10	10	13	11	14	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	12	12	11	11	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	1.3 NW	2.1 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	7	7	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	10	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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