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

	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	6	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	8	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	12	13	12	18	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	17	16	15	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4764	2092	1439	750	4206	3465	5072	8375	7559	6783	5433	1580	1981	2044	2121	3220	1740	1789	1634	1263	736	783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:17PM 1.49		5:30AM 2.45	3:56PM 1.25		4:06AM 1.84		7:43PM 1.58	6:57AM 2.43		9:17PM 1.62	6:58AM 2.46		10:26PM 1.73	8:33AM 2.47		11:14PM 1.83	9:20AM 2.52		11:59PM 1.80	10:12AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:39AM 0.65		10:14PM 0.43	12:19PM 0.69		8:52PM 0.95	11:45AM 0.75	1:28PM 0.56	12:12AM 1.11		2:30PM 0.42	1:13AM 1.27		2:35PM 0.66	2:19AM 1.36		4:09PM 0.14	3:19AM 1.37		5:17PM 0.03		4:36AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	15	15	13	22	15	12	13	19	15	22	16	17	21
Low °C	11	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	20	14	10	11	16	13	21	15	14	20
Chill °C (?)	13	8	7	12	9	9	10	10	10	15	15	12	22	15	12	12	19	14	22	15	17	21
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	14	13	12	13	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	17	16	15	14	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 W	2.0 W	2.3 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.8 NW	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	4	21	20	18	10	-	-	13	12	12	21	18	12	12	11	8	13	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	10	11	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	18	18	17
Energy(?)	7174	6158	5321	3622	3246	3444	3035	1489	1439	1501	1376	2078	1062	1558	4029	3522	3019	3143	3540	5072	6222	8375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:26AM 2.00			2:06PM 1.39					5:30AM 2.45				6:07PM 1.65				6:12AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)									10:40PM 0.63				11:37AM 1.05				11:23PM 0.89					1:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	7	6	13	14	13	8	9	9	8	9	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	4	13	13	12	6	7	8	6	7	13	11	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	10	11	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	21	15	23	22	21	20	20	18	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	7890	7492	7174	6186	4903	6279	6056	4880	4570	4276	3886	3622	3091	3139	2808	2365	2513	2092	2000	1881	1678	1690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:44AM 1.78														4:46PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)													10:28AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	7	7	7	6	6	10	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	5	5	8	9	5	5	5	3	4	10	11	6	6	6	8	7	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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