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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	13	18	16	16	16	15	16	10	9	10	14	9	7	15	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	920	369	512	698	854	712	574	566	648	1224	916	675	560	440	662	389	504	522	378	452	507	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 1.27		7:39PM 1.42	3:39AM 1.17		7:09PM 1.09		5:57AM 1.27	7:21PM 1.20	10:28PM 1.91						8:03PM 1.49	8:13AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				11:16AM 0.67		12:16AM 1.12	11:45AM 0.55		12:17AM 0.68	12:56PM 0.02		4:06AM 0.80		3:40PM 0.16				2:18AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	2	-	5	2	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	20	11	13	27	19	12	26	8	12	12	11	17	15	12	30	15	16	27	26	16	27
Low °C	25	19	10	12	27	18	11	26	7	11	9	9	17	14	11	27	14	15	25	25	16	24
Chill °C (?)	27	20	10	13	27	18	9	26	6	11	12	10	17	14	10	30	14	14	27	26	14	27
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 NW	0.9 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	8	8	16	16	16	15	7	10	9	10	14	14	7	15	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	5	6	13	18	12	15	12	9	16	15	15	15	11	18	9	6	13	10	6	6	19	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 W	0.8 NW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	4	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	5

	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	581	703	822	772	931	826	1069	611	553	604	549	514	524	525	876	657	750	600	569	703	664	608
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow
High Tide / height (m)										3:20AM 1.14								4:57AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)				9:48AM 0.76									12:50PM 0.61				12:16AM 1.12				11:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Temp. °C	22	23	25	18	19	27	23	17	17	17	17	13	14	14	23	24	25	16	16	19	19	8
Chill °C (?)	22	23	25	17	19	27	23	17	17	17	17	13	13	13	23	24	25	16	16	19	19	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	8	16	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	16	13	5	12	14	13	13	5	5	5	5	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	4	15	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	-	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	5	5	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 09
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	19	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	18	18	18	16	17	18	18	16
Energy(?)	570	442	438	606	436	703	490	365	363	343	260	385	364	263	727	877	877	369	351	952	945	465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	on	cross	cross	on	on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													11:51AM 0.62	12:06PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	17	17	23	21	17	17	18	19	16	14	14	27	27	27	19	19	18	18	13
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	16	16	23	21	17	17	18	19	16	13	14	27	27	27	19	19	17	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	17	13	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	18	18	18	16	17	18	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	14	13	12	12	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	8	13	13	13	6	6	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	7	7	-

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