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

	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	5	9	7	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	3.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	15	14	14	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1422	3428	9595	6835	5324	2555	4069	5736	5853	5212	4862	4443	3594	1439	2374	925	981	893	1581	1848	1268	846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:49PM 1.55	10:35AM 2.63		12:35AM 2.13	11:53AM 2.45		2:06AM 1.99	12:27PM 2.52		2:49AM 1.96			2:23AM 1.49			3:35AM 1.33	12:07PM 1.86	2:25PM 2.27		5:13AM 1.98	3:19PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	3:05AM 1.22	4:45AM 1.45	4:38PM 0.23		6:06AM 1.15		7:09PM -0.14	6:41AM 1.27		7:46PM -0.11	7:18AM 1.32			8:00AM 1.36		8:00PM -0.02	6:16AM 1.45		10:21PM 0.03	9:58AM 1.37		10:17PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-
High °C	10	10	11	8	12	10	10	13	11	10	12	10	14	16	10	12	17	14	14	12	12	11
Low °C	8	9	9	7	11	9	10	10	10	9	11	9	12	14	9	11	15	13	13	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	7	11	9	9	13	10	10	11	8	14	16	10	12	17	13	13	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	3.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 NW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	13	15	14	14	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	9	9	13	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	15	13	6	13	14	14	13	13	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	7	9	7	-	-

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	10	10	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	16
Energy(?)	662	615	761	1159	1685	3428	7233	9595	9363	7956	6835	6633	5225	3639	4213	4444	3260	3668	5099	6294	6139	6598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:49PM 1.55				11:24AM 2.58					1:04AM 1.63								2:06AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)					5:33AM 1.09				6:34PM -0.14								5:18PM 0.23	7:09PM -0.14			6:41AM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	10	9	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	11	8	14	12	13	8	9	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	10	8	7	8	10	7	7	7	7	10	7	14	11	13	7	8	7	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	6	13	10	10	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	18	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	2.3 W	1.1 NW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	11	14	14	11	11	11	14	10	12	14	12	10	12	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	757	695	662	595	666	1032	1050	1413	1422	1387	2225	1268	609	2101	614	1449	610	3428	3389	5987	7233	6298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									12:45AM 2.00											11:24AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 0.30												5:32AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	11	11	9	12	11	11	9	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	10	12	8	5	7	7	8	8	7	5	11	10	6	10	9	9	7	7	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	2.3 W	1.1 NW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	10	12	11	14	14	11	11	11	14	10	12	14	12	10	12	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	1.9 WNW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	16	15	16	14	13	14	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	-

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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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