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

	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 W	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	9	8	10	10	10	14	13	8	8	8	13	12	14	12	10	17	15	18	18	13	14
Energy(?)	454	1276	878	632	742	676	592	284	190	224	278	1210	1678	1558	986	532	560	354	579	661	377	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 2.34		11:28PM 1.30	11:37AM 1.27		8:17PM 1.88	12:15PM 1.64		11:23PM 2.32	1:25PM 1.59		10:57PM 2.23	1:11PM 1.31	2:37PM 1.52	1:53AM 1.90		3:59PM 1.52	12:17AM 2.02		5:02PM 1.46	12:47AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 0.35			4:36PM 0.47	3:03AM -0.00	5:45AM 0.13	5:14PM 0.63		6:42AM 0.07	5:53PM 1.14		6:29AM 0.12	6:39PM 1.23		8:42AM 0.12	7:43PM 1.33		8:23AM 0.34			9:26AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	5	-	4	4	8	3	-
High °C	27	18	15	20	17	14	17	25	11	15	15	12	15	17	14	12	27	13	15	15	12	27
Low °C	25	17	14	16	16	12	16	25	10	11	14	11	12	17	13	12	26	11	14	12	10	25
Chill °C (?)	27	17	14	20	16	13	17	25	11	15	15	12	15	16	13	10	27	13	14	14	11	27
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:45	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	0.6 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 NW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	10	10	15	10	13	8	8	8	13	12	14	12	10	17	9	8	8	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 W	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	18	17	17	13	12	14	9	14	12	14	7	13	7	13	12	13	15	18	18	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	9	8	-	-	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	16	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	14	14	10	14	14
Energy(?)	1643	1320	1821	573	642	555	2172	1601	1243	1225	1086	1287	1173	562	1054	1217	626	572	613	556	536	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 2.57			10:40AM 1.27				10:25PM 1.61				10:02AM 1.63				10:45PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			5:56AM -0.01								5:01AM 0.26			4:32PM 0.89	5:25PM 0.40			4:09AM 0.09				3:18PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	9	14	19	28	17	12	13	14	15	15	15	19	10	14	14	15	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	3	2	7	14	19	28	17	11	12	13	14	14	15	19	10	13	13	15	16	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 S	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	14	16	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	15	14	18	9	14	14	17	17	13	16	16	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	3

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	2.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	5	15	15	17	7	8	6	6	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	17	17	8	14	14
Energy(?)	1464	1513	301	206	229	508	465	432	442	408	734	498	498	516	1197	1048	1159	556	556	1103	428	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 2.57																					8:34PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)																	3:59PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	10	13	13	24	13	10	12	13	14	15	15	20	14	18	18	17	17	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	3	3	7	13	12	24	12	8	10	11	12	14	13	20	12	17	17	16	16	12	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	15	17	6	8	10	10	14	8	8	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	13	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	18	14	14	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	5	7	5	6	6	9	-	-	9	8	9	9	7	7	8	8	8

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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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