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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	9	7	8	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 S	1.9 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	9	21	14	14	14	19	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	7	8	11
Energy(?)	1739	1661	690	1272	1009	3588	2592	5580	9363	7277	4478	3666	4222	3742	1306	1517	1401	1489	1372	1505	945	3641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:46AM 1.96	6:49PM 1.70		8:03AM 1.45	7:14PM 1.38	8:28PM 1.89	9:03AM 2.36	5:52PM 1.40		8:34AM 1.56			6:39AM 1.74		11:41PM 2.09	11:41AM 2.67		12:43AM 2.40	12:17PM 3.04		1:20AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 0.19			1:56AM 0.19		2:02PM 0.75	3:00AM 0.32			1:49AM 0.22		2:47PM 0.20	12:30AM 0.46	1:12PM 0.15	5:26PM -0.03		5:49AM 0.47	6:19PM -0.31		6:20AM 0.63	6:44PM -0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
High °C	16	14	22	24	13	10	15	16	14	12	11	13	11	9	21	18	10	18	16	17	17	14
Low °C	13	12	19	24	10	10	14	13	12	10	10	12	9	9	21	16	9	17	16	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	22	24	12	6	15	16	12	11	10	12	10	8	21	18	9	18	16	15	16	12
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	2.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	11	21	14	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	8	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 WNW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	19	18	16	9	18	20	19	7	18	18	15	16	16	15	14	14	6	13	12	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	0.4 W	-	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	2.1 S	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	9	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	7	11

	Wed		Thursday 30								Friday 31								Saturday 01
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	22	12	9	10	20	20	14	13	14	14	13	17	19	18
Energy(?)	5774	4021	3720	3007	4174	3677	1014	1022	1602	1657	1369	1040	2524	2015	1202	1139	3333	3499	4793	10362	5300	8916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 1.85				7:32AM 1.36								5:47AM 1.31					8:42PM 1.99				9:32AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			1:01AM 0.17				1:38PM 1.18				12:20AM 0.13					2:50PM 0.95				3:17AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	12	12	13	15	11	13	24	14	13	13	25	28	16	15	13	13	11	11	16	18
Chill °C (?)	9	7	12	12	13	15	11	13	24	14	13	13	25	28	16	14	12	12	9	9	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	22	8	8	10	20	20	14	13	14	14	13	17	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	0.4 SW	1.8 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	20	19	11	11	11	10	10	18	11	10	22	16	12	8	8	17	16	20	22	19	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	7	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	11	11	13	13	24	11	11	11	24	24	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	11
Energy(?)	6908	5693	4913	4712	1703	1760	3408	3178	903	1871	1851	1829	968	944	1750	1484	1309	1200	690	612	1800	1644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)														6:07AM 1.20		8:17AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)								12:42AM 0.72													1:24PM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	15	15	9	13	25	18	18	17	25	25	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	12	14	14	6	13	25	18	18	17	25	25	6	7	8	10	9	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	24	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	21	15	15	15	14	20	19	13	15	15	14	24	24	18	18	10	10	19	19	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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