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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	14	12	12	16	16	15	14	16	13	13	14	14	13	18	14	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6687	1848	1580	1746	1751	1564	2870	1263	1442	1444	744	651	763	681	545	598	311	698	1052	1298	1316	1266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:24PM 1.53	7:51AM 2.30		10:26PM 1.73	6:29AM 1.66		10:15PM 1.25	7:14AM 1.70		10:00PM 1.47	10:04AM 2.59		12:23AM 2.00	10:46AM 2.65		12:53AM 2.07	11:25AM 2.69		1:31AM 1.98	9:52AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		2:55PM 0.34	1:38AM 1.08		3:23PM 0.27	2:19AM 1.36		2:15PM 0.01	1:37AM 1.08		4:50PM 0.02	1:42AM 1.28	4:10AM 1.34	5:27PM -0.07		4:54AM 1.29	6:08PM -0.12		5:34AM 1.23	5:31PM -0.14	7:03PM -0.17	4:02AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	13	22	14	12	15	19	15	21	20	16	21	24	22	22	20	9	12	12	19	21
Low °C	12	14	12	20	12	9	12	16	14	20	19	14	21	23	20	21	17	7	8	10	19	21
Chill °C (?)	15	17	12	22	14	11	15	19	14	21	20	16	21	24	22	22	20	8	12	12	19	21
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	14	14	12	12	16	16	15	14	16	13	13	14	14	13	11	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.7 W	0.6 NW	1.1 W	0.2 S	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	21	18	5	12	11	7	12	16	16	14	14	13	18	6	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 12						Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	1.9 WNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	14	16
Energy(?)	6045	6687	6188	5357	3786	3138	1580	1532	1291	1060	1780	1250	1602	1502	1564	1817	3069	3789	4028	3000	3405	1574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:57AM 2.43	7:04AM 2.29				9:17PM 1.62			5:44AM 1.62						10:26PM 1.73			8:33AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)				2:55PM 0.34			11:41PM 0.98					1:43PM 0.48				2:19AM 1.36				3:05PM 0.12	4:36PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	15	13	12	12	13	13	12	15	14	20	12	11	12	9	11	9	14	15	10	15
Chill °C (?)	9	12	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	20	12	10	11	9	10	8	14	15	8	14
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	1.9 WNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	20	20	18	17	12	-	-	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Monday 12																			Tuesday 13
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	5864	7073	6890	7059	5977	5839	2292	2263	2062	2062	4847	3495	4446	4083	3786	3731	3444	3138	2889	2472	2890	1559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:04AM 2.29													8:53PM 1.80	9:17PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)									12:48PM 0.22		2:30PM 0.42									11:58PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	12	11	11	15	16	17	17	14	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	11	10	10	15	16	17	17	14	18	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	9	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	12	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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