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

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	5	9	9	6	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	16	12	9	13
Energy(?)	2596	4196	11947	9086	5276	5999	7204	2753	1428	2409	1614	1480	1088	845	1288	1074	1300	1474	923	444	402	989
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:36PM 1.73	7:57AM 2.53		12:26AM 1.86	12:05PM 2.58		1:36AM 1.43	12:02PM 2.10		3:16AM 1.68		1:43PM 2.35	3:22AM 1.61		1:01PM 1.66			4:25PM 2.26		6:55AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16PM -0.09	1:38AM 0.78		5:11PM -0.41		6:05AM 0.87			5:56AM 0.90		8:15PM -0.51	7:01AM 1.01		7:58PM 0.11	7:24AM 1.01		9:04PM -0.16	7:25AM 1.28		9:22PM -0.01	12:46PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	17	19	12	12	20	15	14	21	18	20	15	14	24	21	16	19	17	14	19
Low °C	15	15	14	16	17	10	11	17	14	10	20	18	19	14	13	23	21	14	19	15	14	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	16	19	10	12	20	15	13	21	18	20	14	13	24	21	16	19	17	13	19
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 W	0.3 SW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	10	12	16	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	16	12	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	9	-	12	9	-	11	14	12	19	18	16	12	12	16	15	10	12	10	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	6	5	5	5	7	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	1.6 W	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	11	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1062	1059	877	844	1185	3190	6695	9944	11040	11921	11260	9086	7416	5739	6139	5045	3598	3510	3729	6387	1082	5171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:21AM 2.50					11:34PM 1.49				10:38AM 2.29				11:35PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		1:05AM 0.68					5:44PM -0.50				4:19AM 0.71				5:02PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	12	20	12
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	18	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	12	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	1.6 W	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	11	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	10	16	10	15	8	17	-	16	16	13	14	14	14	15	-	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.5 S	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	6	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	6	5	5	5	7	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	2.0 W	1.1 NW	5.0 SW	0.4 WNW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	13	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1094	1063	1062	1060	362	1899	3162	3168	2584	2680	2873	3720	3112	4644	1236	1451	659	1674	491	5749	122	5855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				1:05AM 0.68	2:55AM 0.59	3:31AM 1.03	4:38AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	18	18	18	17	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	16	14	16	14	17	15	17	16	13	17	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	12	11	13	13	12	12	13	14	12	14	12	16	14	16	15	10	17	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	2.0 W	1.1 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	11	11	10	11	13	-	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	12	16	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.4 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.7 NW	5.0 SW	-	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	6	6	5	6	4	11	-	11

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