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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	11	10	9	10	13	13	12	12	14	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	520	1343	680	1597	1056	792	707	310	255	653	610	283	1271	1992	1399	1271	1217	890	625	802	611	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 1.98	8:38PM 1.77	9:35AM 1.72	6:46PM 1.58	10:00PM 1.98	10:51AM 1.55		10:31PM 1.53	11:09AM 2.02		10:12PM 1.94	10:51AM 1.89		12:18AM 2.43	12:09PM 1.69		1:01AM 2.35	1:01PM 2.54		12:26AM 1.65	12:03PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33AM -0.05			4:44AM -0.05		4:17PM 0.56			4:14PM 0.78	4:35AM 0.51		7:03PM 0.37		5:51AM 0.30	6:17PM 0.64		6:54AM 0.90	6:13PM 0.55		5:53AM 0.92	6:55PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	17	20	16	14	18	19	22	19	16	15	22	17	14	18	21	15	17	19	16	17	16
Low °C	17	14	18	15	14	15	18	21	17	16	15	18	16	12	15	20	14	16	18	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	20	15	14	18	19	22	19	16	15	22	16	13	18	21	14	17	19	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	0.4 SW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	9	15	10	9	10	13	9	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	15	15	19	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	18	16	16	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	2.2 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	5	8	-	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	14	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	556	712	594	608	1399	1870	2295	1323	1377	1139	1241	1114	1090	1193	1355	685	641	502	684	641	595	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 2.04					10:35AM 1.39				8:40PM 2.04				10:42AM 1.95	11:15AM 2.33			9:28PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39PM 1.08	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				2:47PM 1.03				4:44AM 0.44				4:54PM 1.10				4:05AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	21	27	14	14	14	16	17	17	18	18	11	16	14	18	18	17	17	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	24	22	21	27	14	14	14	15	17	17	18	18	9	16	14	18	18	17	17	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.5 WNW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	15	7	15	14	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	16	10	8	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	14	10	16	16	7	15	15	15	15	11	9	8	8	10	10	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	685	486	566	743	520	757	757	587	753	594	630	630	1232	1234	1333	1116	1564	1707	493	623	591	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55PM 1.15		3:11PM 0.91													4:02AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	21	22	30	18	17	17	17	18	20	19	19	13	15	14	16	14	14	17	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	24	21	22	30	18	16	17	17	18	20	19	19	11	15	13	15	14	14	17	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	15	10	11	14	10	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	11	9	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	16	16	8	12	16	16	13	12	10	6	6	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.7 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	-	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	5	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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