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

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	9	12	12	10	12	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	150	393	619	716	1016	1275	963	3919	626	713	601	1222	505	929	1614	566	1775	1545	1530	1322	941	1116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:45PM 2.10	10:35AM 1.80		1:13AM 2.29	11:50AM 1.16		12:49AM 1.64		1:13PM 1.06	12:49AM 1.92		2:23PM 0.97	1:14AM 1.47			1:44AM 1.33			2:50AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 0.02	4:54AM 0.01	4:34AM 0.62	4:39PM 0.63		5:53AM 0.19	5:49PM 0.46		6:56AM 0.62	6:14PM 0.66		9:36AM 0.28	6:30PM 0.83		8:33AM 0.28			10:32AM 0.31			11:31AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	21	17	11	17	17	12	16	17	10	19	9	9	15	18	7	22	8	7	8	8	16	24
Low °C	19	13	9	14	12	10	14	13	9	18	9	9	15	13	6	21	7	5	7	8	14	22
Chill °C (?)	21	16	9	17	16	11	16	16	10	19	8	7	15	18	4	22	5	5	8	6	16	24
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	7	12	13	10	16	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	9	12	12	10	12	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.7 NW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	15	14	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	15	13	13	12	16	12	15	-	21	19	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04						Thursday 05								Friday 06
	7AM	10AM	2PM	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	7	14	7	7	10	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	209	524	209	344	733	1696	1237	1309	1133	1781	2209	1051	1817	3597	1341	1275	1089	1123	1023	2525	2251	1450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							11:00PM 1.45				11:33AM 1.31				11:54PM 1.48				11:40AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)					4:14PM 0.46				6:10AM 0.28								6:03AM 0.21				5:49PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	25	21	16	9	10	9	7	16	16	18	8	11	11	10	9	15	18	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	25	21	15	7	8	8	4	15	16	18	8	10	11	10	8	15	18	18	13	13
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	7	14	15	16	10	8	8	16	10	10	16	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	18	11	17	15	15	13	11	11	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	5AM	6AM	8AM	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	7	16	7	7	7	7	15	15	18	6	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	193	485	225	251	311	595	568	172	92	139	225	314	950	331	374	438	484	482	525	555	585	1025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							10:21AM 1.47												10:56PM 1.47	11:31PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	18	16	17	10	17	17	14	17	17	16	9	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	18	16	17	8	17	16	12	16	16	15	5	10	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	6	9	7	15	13	7	12	15	15	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	18	18	14	15	18	12	18	15	12	18	15	14	12	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	7	3	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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Massachusetts	New-York

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