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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	12	9	11	10	9	11	9	12	10	10	10	18
Energy(?)	2301	940	2330	936	3479	1316	706	703	1271	728	1820	772	484	527	2083	1101	837	1177	1358	1133	2928	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:01AM 1.37		11:54PM 1.48			12:17AM 1.48		1:13PM 1.06	12:42AM 1.48		1:52PM 0.87	1:14AM 1.47		4:09PM 1.31	2:00AM 1.80			2:32AM 1.70			7:58PM 1.06	6:02AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		5:21PM 0.26		7:37AM 0.24	5:31PM 0.37		6:46AM 0.22	6:14PM 0.66		7:53AM 0.65	6:06PM 0.68		8:33AM 0.28		7:04PM 1.27	10:17AM 0.67			11:43AM 0.32		10:23PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	18	12	16	17	15	19	9	9	16	20	13	23	20	13	10	18	9	15	21	16	25
Low °C	9	12	11	14	14	13	18	9	9	16	13	12	22	15	10	9	13	6	15	19	15	23
Chill °C (?)	8	17	10	16	16	15	19	8	7	16	20	13	23	20	13	8	18	7	15	21	16	25
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.2 S	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	0.2 S	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 S	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	10	11	11	11	10	10	13	9	12	9	11	12	9	11	22	12	10	19	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	15	16	13	12	12	12	16	11	10	11	19	20	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	9	-	9	-	-	10	10	-

	Thursday 05						Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	11
Energy(?)	1327	1870	2166	1771	1171	3690	1316	1134	1031	1802	1006	2271	1959	1250	1191	1071	904	1001	1112	605	1100	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:33AM 1.31				11:54PM 1.48				11:50AM 1.16				12:08AM 1.93					1:09PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	5:01AM 0.13				5:07PM 0.19				6:03AM 0.21				5:49PM 0.46				6:57AM 0.63					8:31PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	14	17	10	13	11	11	10	9	16	17	18	15	14	15	14	14	20	21	19	16	9
Chill °C (?)	7	14	17	8	12	10	11	9	8	16	17	18	15	13	15	14	14	20	21	19	16	9
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 S	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	15	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	2.0 NW	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	-

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	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1392	1269	567	2306	560	1870	2000	2041	2166	1472	962	940	1015	1934	2105	2105	2123	2116	1123	2175	2969	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								11:33AM 1.31												11:40PM 1.95	12:40AM 1.70	1:48AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22AM 0.24												5:24PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	14	14	16	17	17	15	17	18	16	12	11	11	11	14	9	12	7	8
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	7	13	14	16	17	17	13	16	17	15	9	8	8	8	12	6	10	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	3.0 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	15	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	16	16	13	11	16	16	16	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	18	16	15	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	-	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	-	11	-

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

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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