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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			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	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	La Push Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	No Pass CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	9	7	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	3.0 W	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	21	10	13	14	18	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	14	12	11	16
Energy(?)	1661	713	1272	999	3735	1735	7920	9716	8516	4651	4081	4568	2464	1494	1517	1600	1453	520	877	356	2830	9031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:25AM 1.62	6:49PM 1.70		8:03AM 1.45			5:57AM 1.45	7:48PM 1.26		8:34AM 1.56	6:39PM 1.48		10:49AM 2.52		10:02PM 1.31	11:39AM 2.92		12:43AM 2.40	11:44AM 2.53		12:55AM 2.40	11:30AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24PM 1.10		2:22AM 0.30		3:08PM 0.98	2:20AM 0.76	12:02PM 0.61	2:06PM 0.47	1:49AM 0.22			12:30AM 0.46		4:16PM 0.01	3:10AM 0.46	5:37AM 0.53	6:27PM -0.35		5:38AM 0.62	6:02PM -0.47		5:19AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	15	2
High °C	15	22	24	13	10	16	16	14	12	22	13	11	19	20	16	14	20	12	20	20	15	14
Low °C	12	19	24	10	10	13	13	12	10	18	13	8	17	20	16	13	19	11	19	18	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	22	24	12	6	16	16	12	10	22	12	9	19	20	16	13	20	10	20	20	13	12
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	3.0 W	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	21	10	13	14	18	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	14	12	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 S
Period (s)	19	18	16	16	8	20	13	16	18	16	15	16	15	16	14	14	13	7	12	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	0.4 W	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 30								Friday 31								Saturday 01
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	10	11	22	12	10	10	20	20	14	14	10	13	19	18	19	18	17	17
Energy(?)	3720	3091	1503	3768	844	1031	1602	1891	1040	1040	2524	2056	1202	1493	1550	4292	11890	13080	8596	6200	8337	9460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)											5:47AM 1.31				6:32PM 1.25	8:46PM 2.08				8:47AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.17								12:20AM 0.13									3:17AM 0.39				2:42PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	12	7	15	13	13	24	14	13	13	25	28	15	13	17	12	11	11	16	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	5	15	13	13	24	14	13	13	25	28	14	12	17	11	9	10	16	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	10	11	22	8	10	10	20	20	14	14	10	13	19	18	19	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	19	11	19	11	10	10	18	11	22	22	16	12	8	9	20	21	21	21	13	13	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	12	13	24	11	11	11	24	24	11	12	8	10	9	9	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3966	3894	2937	1739	2416	2482	968	1943	813	819	814	858	1191	2135	731	540	469	469	1294	1123	730	1833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									7:31AM 1.27											6:03PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			1:28AM 0.28											12:49PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	8	13	8	13	25	16	16	17	27	27	11	13	22	11	12	11	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	12	6	13	25	16	16	17	27	27	11	11	22	10	12	11	10	12	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	1.4 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 NW	1.0 W	1.3 NW	0.9 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	12	13	13	11	11	11	24	24	11	12	12	10	9	9	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	1.1 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	19	19	20	14	20	19	24	14	13	13	13	13	10	11	19	19	9	9	10	18	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	11	-	11

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