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 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19
	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	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	La Push Washington
Rating	4	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	5	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	10
Energy(?)	1746	3027	4631	2480	6159	2353	2171	711	1026	1066	1283	1285	911	1599	4037	2843	1797	1503	2836	1204	1076	4438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 2.24			8:22AM 2.34		7:05PM 1.69	7:43AM 1.72		8:25PM 1.39	8:16AM 1.77		8:40PM 1.15	7:20AM 2.05		9:16PM 1.55	8:13AM 2.10		10:44PM 1.20	8:40AM 2.12		10:49PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:38AM 0.23		1:39PM 0.93	1:04AM 0.26		2:42PM 0.70	12:59AM 0.81		3:02PM 0.43	2:01AM 0.53		2:17PM 0.54	1:45AM 0.60		2:52PM 0.41	2:02AM 1.07		3:26PM -0.07	2:55AM 0.85		4:01PM 0.25	3:05AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	7	5	34	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	13	16	16	17	16	13	13	12	12	13	13	17	15	15	13	16	13	15	15	6
Low °C	13	14	12	16	16	15	15	13	12	11	11	13	12	15	15	15	10	13	12	14	14	6
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	14	16	17	16	13	13	11	11	12	12	17	13	15	12	15	11	14	14	1
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 W	0.3 SSW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.1 NW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	16	14	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	16	15	12	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	7	14	15	16	8	15	15	8	8	14	15	5	6	12	12	16	16	12	-	15	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.2 S	-	1.1 S	1.4 S	-	3.0 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.0 NW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	12	-	13	13	-	11	10

	Wed		Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1834	1611	1746	3822	2067	1785	2062	4191	4701	6292	7424	5876	6465	6111	5393	4337	3226	1616	1135	1713	1509	1321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:47PM 2.06					7:39AM 2.24			6:40PM 1.64				6:47AM 1.51				6:28PM 1.56				7:00AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			12:38AM 0.23				12:28PM 1.13				12:20AM 0.26				12:53PM 0.87				12:25AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	11	2	-	5	5	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2
Temp. °C	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	15	12	13	11	10	12	12	10	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	14	14	9	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	14	9	9	16	8	14	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12							Thursday 13
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.0 S	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	8	15	15	16	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1902	1921	1834	2093	1640	1611	1129	2409	2577	1284	2758	1332	996	980	1629	1725	1802	1797	1797	2716	3307	3200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:47PM 2.06												5:37AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)								11:29PM 0.12	12:09AM 0.12											11:56AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	3	3	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3
High °C	14	14	14	17	15	14	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	17	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	6	6	16	7	7	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.8 S	-	-	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	6	6	-	7	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	4	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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