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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	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	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 WNW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	0.9 NW	1.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	9	10	11	7	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	12	8	10	15	9	5
Energy(?)	2570	2890	3808	2338	1306	184	1240	1903	353	2933	2760	1911	1297	1038	679	435	687	366	444	364	250	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:19PM 2.45	1:26AM 2.29		1:57PM 2.16	12:34AM 1.58	12:59PM 1.19		12:25AM 1.96		1:35PM 0.19	1:06AM 1.97		3:59PM 1.32	2:14AM 1.98	4:11AM 2.23	6:42PM 1.33	7:10PM 1.56	5:53AM 2.42		8:44PM 1.62	6:52AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)			7:02PM 0.10	7:35AM 0.39			6:42AM 0.24	6:13PM 0.37		8:06AM 0.62	6:52PM -0.32		9:24AM 0.55			11:45AM 0.02		11:40PM 1.01		1:56PM 0.04	1:09AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	13	18	7	8	21	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	11	10	14	12	4	5	6	11	11	9	13	12	12	9	16	18	14	15	9	14	16
Low °C	6	10	10	12	11	4	4	5	9	10	9	12	12	12	7	16	16	14	15	7	14	14
Chill °C (?)	5	8	6	13	10	1	1	2	9	8	6	11	10	10	7	16	18	14	15	8	13	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.5 SW	1.4 NW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	15	15	12	11	6	10	11	8	11	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	1.0 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 W	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	-	11	14	14	9	9	11	13	15	-	13	12	12	11	12	12	10	8	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	11	11	-	3	4	4	7	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Thursday 19						Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	8	10	10	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1077	1258	2884	2447	1646	6473	2012	5051	4840	1534	854	681	726	601	677	657	896	1240	1386	1903	2273	1827
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:43PM 2.20				12:05AM 1.50				11:17AM 0.51				11:47PM 1.92	2:04AM 2.16				3:11PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		7:22AM 0.55							5:18AM 0.72				6:00PM 0.66					9:25AM 0.23				8:35PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	3	4	7	7	5	8	8	8	9	11	12	14	10	9	9	6	7	4	5	5	6	9
Chill °C (?)	1	3	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	10	11	13	10	9	8	2	3	0	1	1	2	6
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	11	15	11	11	11	11	14	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	15	11	15	14	14	14	11	14	14	14	9	13	9	12	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 S	2.5 S	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	7	8	4	4	4	4	-

	Thursday 19																			Friday 20
	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	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1026	950	1382	1382	1585	2320	2171	2213	1835	4125	2889	1700	4366	4272	4195	3679	6374	917	835	774	790	1068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						1:49AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			6:49AM 0.53											5:31PM 0.50		7:11PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	4	4	3	8	10	10	12	9	11	11	10	10	11	8	7	3	2	2	3	4
Chill °C (?)	0	0	3	2	1	4	6	6	8	5	7	8	6	6	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	18	12	11	11	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	15	11	11	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	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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