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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	15	14	12	11	10	13	13	13	12	6	12	9	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1573	441	880	745	299	293	665	818	1796	707	777	501	350	419	291	824	1333	1496	1255	2191	1274	3503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 2.50		9:01PM 1.52	7:59AM 2.49		11:51PM 1.62	12:14PM 2.85		10:51PM 1.46	9:36AM 2.22	1:18PM 2.98	11:52PM 1.45	10:18AM 2.03		1:47AM 0.38	12:54PM 1.59			4:22AM 1.36	3:56PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	2:14AM 1.13		2:32PM -0.13	1:35AM 0.92		3:22PM -0.14	3:57AM 1.23	6:18AM 1.02	3:35PM -0.06	3:12AM 1.03							7:29AM 0.99		10:12PM -0.13	10:08AM 0.77		10:44PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8
High °C	16	10	21	20	19	12	12	14	13	16	15	12	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	17	10
Low °C	15	10	20	20	15	12	10	13	13	15	14	11	13	14	15	13	13	14	13	14	14	8
Chill °C (?)	16	10	21	20	19	11	11	14	13	16	15	10	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	13	16	8
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:38	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	15	14	12	8	8	13	13	13	12	11	7	9	11	11	12	12	11	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	14	6	10	13	16	11	10	8	14	7	10	12	12	13	12	12	16	15	14	15	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Wed		Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	13	14	11	13	14	12	12	11	11	7	7	13	12
Energy(?)	1487	1106	1573	1296	1167	1019	526	522	605	761	745	573	510	583	266	773	249	279	650	711	1236	2362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:56PM 1.59				7:14AM 2.47				9:01PM 1.52				8:14AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50AM 0.87								1:58AM 0.89						4:36PM -0.55				6:18AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	16	16	15	17	17	9	19	17	20	10	16	21	18	18	14	14	12	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	16	15	17	17	7	19	17	20	8	16	21	18	18	14	14	10	11	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	13	14	11	13	14	12	12	8	8	7	7	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	9	8	14	14	12	14	7	-	13	16	13	14	13	15	16	16	11	11	11	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	12	-	-	7	7	-	-

	Wednesday 03							Thursday 04
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	16	16	16	14	13	16	15	16	12	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1521	1484	1860	1837	1820	1632	1078	605	913	1388	1150	544	1279	1136	606	605	390	391	392	413	441	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					8:07PM 1.53			11:36PM 2.02									8:40AM 2.05		10:17AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)									12:28AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	16	16	16	16	14	9	15	16	20	7	16	20	10	11	12	13	13	14	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	16	16	16	14	7	14	16	20	4	16	20	8	10	11	12	13	14	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	14	14	16	16	16	16	14	13	16	15	16	12	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	9	12	12	14	14	8	6	10	14	11	14	14	10	14	14	7	7	8	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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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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