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

	Sun	Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11
	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	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	9	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.4 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	21	11	17	17	16	15	15	13	13	12	11	12	11	15	16
Energy(?)	807	1441	969	1387	1211	1082	570	1245	422	10573	3391	10965	8139	4220	3273	1757	1133	1251	1629	1596	2536	4733
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:41PM 1.60	10:40AM 1.87		2:46AM 2.40		1:52PM 2.67	2:30AM 1.64		1:28PM 1.62	3:47AM 1.98		1:16PM 1.22	2:57AM 1.40		2:52PM 1.45	3:50AM 1.88		4:22PM 1.30		5:35AM 2.19	6:53PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40AM 0.70		8:00PM -0.38	8:06AM 0.97		7:28PM -0.16	8:13AM 0.74		8:56PM -0.05	9:21AM 1.20		7:56PM 0.17	10:28AM 0.58		8:47PM 0.79	10:30AM 0.90		9:26PM 0.97	12:55PM 0.52		11:26PM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	10	10	16	15	10	12	15	10	13	10	9	15	11	9	10	10	10	12	11	9
Low °C	7	9	9	9	15	14	9	11	13	8	12	10	8	13	9	8	8	10	9	10	10	6
Chill °C (?)	6	8	9	9	16	15	9	11	14	7	11	8	7	15	11	7	10	10	9	12	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.4 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	17	17	16	15	15	13	13	12	11	12	11	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	1.0 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	15	15	14	21	22	-	15	13	-	13	14	14	13	21	-	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	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	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3526	1702	1057	1162	1083	1017	1248	1068	1064	1139	1099	1214	1157	1148	1047	1082	1000	783	768	2102	1323	1837
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:04AM 2.36			11:48AM 2.06								11:48AM 2.13					2:53AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)						7:10AM 1.02				7:37PM -0.45			5:38AM 0.69	7:12AM 0.79			6:21PM 0.19					8:18AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	-	-	-	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-
Temp. °C	13	12	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	11	15	15	14	14	13	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	12	6	8	7	8	7	7	7	9	8	12	11	11	15	15	14	14	12	10	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	12	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	15	16	16	7	6	15	15	5	15	21	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Sunday 04							Monday 05
	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	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Garrapata CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3843	2479	1359	1265	1027	1027	931	1003	957	1182	1168	871	871	1438	658	727	1008	649	652	1040	1043	957
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										1:46AM 1.85									10:52AM 2.31		12:14PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM -0.49	6:55PM -0.58	7:17PM -0.52									4:40AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	3	7	3	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	10	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	7	11	11	9	12	12	13	13	13	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	7	4	6	6	7	6	5	5	4	10	10	8	10	10	12	11	10	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	16	13	14	8	8	9	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	13	13	11	13	13	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.6 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	8	8	5	6	6	8	3	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	9	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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