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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	11
Energy(?)	2028	2300	685	650	381	756	770	627	802	1215	1145	976	1776	2561	1216	1252	619	963	1539	1325	1049	927
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:40PM 2.04	10:02AM 1.79		10:48PM 2.51	11:43AM 2.41		12:00AM 2.02	11:34AM 2.07		10:56PM 1.86	11:14AM 1.93		11:40PM 1.76	12:39PM 1.69		2:14AM 1.37			3:14AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	3:43PM 0.77	3:33AM 0.32		3:32PM 0.90		5:20AM 0.51	5:00PM 0.45		5:16AM 0.56	5:38PM 0.73		5:02AM 0.64	5:33PM 0.60		6:41AM 0.45		8:22PM 0.20	8:36AM 0.53	6:55PM 0.54	8:52PM 0.16	8:38AM 0.84	7:42PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	16	20	13	16	17	15	16	17	14	17	21	16	20	19	15	17	16	17	18	22
Low °C	17	14	15	19	11	12	16	14	16	16	11	14	20	15	17	18	14	16	15	10	13	22
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	20	12	16	17	15	16	16	13	17	21	15	20	19	15	16	15	17	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	2.3 NW	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	12	14	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	12	12	14	17	16	16	16	15	13	15	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	2.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	10	12	10	12	11	9
Energy(?)	1311	1056	1222	1097	1404	1095	1511	1244	634	608	684	634	627	552	558	515	227	770	697	729	636	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:40PM 2.04								9:28PM 2.00					12:20PM 1.57				12:26AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 1.03				4:44AM 0.44				4:15PM 0.99				4:05AM 0.40	5:09AM 0.08							4:35AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	20	19	16	17	14	15	18	17	18	18	18	19	16	16	17	16	19	14	14	18
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	19	16	17	13	15	18	17	18	18	18	19	16	16	17	16	19	13	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	12	10	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	0.5 S	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	8	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	9

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1232	816	970	970	1877	2028	2010	2666	1144	1144	1097	1097	979	991	202	1091	683	901	924	740	706	797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				2:47PM 1.03		4:06PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	20	19	17	17	15	15	14	14	19	19	18	18	15	11	14	11	17	11	11	20
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	19	16	17	15	15	14	14	19	19	18	18	15	10	14	10	17	10	10	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	14	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-

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