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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSE	1.1 NW	0.6 SSE	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	7	7	18	8	16	15	16	16	15	8	10	12	12	10	12	18	18	11
Energy(?)	659	786	705	282	436	380	208	253	334	50	326	328	336	1927	1185	4363	3741	1191	1854	970	928	531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:46AM 2.01		10:46PM 1.44	9:57AM 1.54		10:29PM 1.63	9:52AM 1.61		11:00PM 1.59	9:28AM 1.90		10:51PM 1.47	10:44AM 1.30		11:48PM 1.69	11:55AM 1.23		12:20AM 1.71	1:38PM 2.27		11:55PM 1.49	9:46AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		3:09PM -0.03	4:40AM 0.53		3:04PM 0.36	4:16AM 0.50		3:39PM 0.44	4:46AM 0.27		4:55PM 0.14	4:47AM 0.09		4:40PM 0.69		5:23AM 0.01	6:21PM 0.42		7:18AM 0.46	2:49PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	14	22	14	12	26	19	24	21	28	24	27	8	8	9	10	11	14	27	16	20
Low °C	9	16	12	17	12	12	24	18	23	18	27	23	25	7	6	8	9	10	7	27	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	16	13	22	13	12	26	19	24	21	28	24	27	4	4	7	8	9	13	27	14	20
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:44	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	14	11	10	13	7	10	12	16	7	16	16	15	8	9	12	12	10	12	18	18	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	12	14	13	18	11	9	15	9	9	10	12	10	13	13	14	12	10	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.5 NW	-	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	10	4	-	7	-	3	8	4	-	4	4	4	8	7	-	-	-	-	6	8	-

	Saturday 28						Sunday 29								Monday 30
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	8	8	18	8	17
Energy(?)	1468	1705	569	542	736	1120	1058	510	508	508	344	313	579	570	865	367	503	672	267	205	214	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:02AM 1.73				9:54PM 1.53								9:34PM 1.83				10:06AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21PM -0.09				2:28AM 1.01				3:00PM -0.09				3:23AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	19	12	13	17	12	15	18	14	20	19	24	16	21	11	16	9	13	11	28	16	23
Chill °C (?)	8	19	12	12	17	10	14	18	14	20	19	24	15	21	11	16	7	13	11	28	16	23
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	13	12	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	18	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	4	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	8	-	4	8	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	12	10	12
Energy(?)	1358	1976	704	641	564	1705	787	771	1142	626	727	369	572	466	868	349	909	678	598	156	302	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:53AM 1.54													9:54PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:48AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	9	10	17	19	14	17	20	17	16	18	15	19	11	14	13	15	10	23	16	23
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	9	17	19	13	17	20	16	16	18	15	19	9	14	11	15	9	23	16	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	7	-	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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