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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Scott Creek-Reef CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	4.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	16	16	16	14	15	13	12	17	15	15	12	11	11	11	10
Energy	723	984	1306	928	837	1253	553	444	512	583	734	698	447	512	1061	280	415	4197	1313	1429	3555	3075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:18PM 1.34	4:09AM 2.45		6:06PM 1.47	4:54AM 1.46		6:57PM 1.54		6:10AM 1.75	7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.42		8:23PM 1.65	7:12AM 1.52	7:29PM 2.03	8:50PM 1.70	9:30AM 1.12		8:27PM 2.08	10:06AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	8:58AM 0.17		10:32PM 1.49	10:51AM 0.30		11:32PM 0.79	11:44AM 0.46		11:50PM 1.04	12:35PM 0.64		1:24AM 0.86	1:59PM 0.34		2:54AM 0.22	12:39PM 0.82		3:43AM 0.05		2:04PM 1.00	3:40AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	13	14	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	12	11	15	11	16	19	12	13	19	16	14
Low °C	16	17	12	12	13	10	11	11	11	10	13	11	10	14	9	15	19	9	12	18	15	10
Chill °C (?)	17	17	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	10	14	10	15	19	9	12	19	16	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	14	15	13	12	12	15	15	16	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	18	18	10	16	8	16	16	7	9	14	15	17	6	12	10	14	14	14	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.1 WNW	4.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	-	7	12	-	-	11	10

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	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	9	12	12	12	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	16	16
Energy	1023	1166	1358	723	1570	984	1379	1726	1306	1107	1019	928	877	837	1433	1079	1253	595	736	553	443	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							5:15PM 1.65			4:10AM 2.48					6:13PM 1.68				5:38AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				8:58AM 0.17				10:41PM 1.03				10:51AM 0.30					11:32PM 0.79				11:55AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	17	17	13	17	12	11	13	13	15	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	11	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	15	17	17	13	17	12	11	13	13	15	13	14	13	11	10	9	10	11	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	11	19	19	15	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	17	10	10	10	16	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	3	-	-

	Thursday 21
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	1051	1120	1023	1295	1109	1166	1233	1298	1358	1195	1003	723	722	711	1570	1601	1491	984	969	1339	1379	1605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			5:18PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	10	10	9	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	17	17	17	13	14	14	17	16	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	9	9	9	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	17	17	17	13	14	14	17	16	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	11	11	11	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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