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 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			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	Port Orford Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	11	18	9	17	11	8	9	11	11	14	11	14	13	16	16	11	16	15	14	14	11	8
Energy	701	716	1221	735	1003	709	858	915	634	503	489	343	727	677	646	480	608	367	431	597	950	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 1.12	2:07AM 1.14			8:14PM 1.76		5:28PM 1.39		7:13AM 1.11	7:50PM 1.49		6:51AM 1.66	6:52PM 2.17	8:30PM 1.56	10:25AM 1.25		8:54PM 2.26	12:08PM 1.73		10:12PM 1.94	11:29AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 0.08		10:12PM 1.09	11:36AM 0.57		2:06AM 0.91	10:46AM 0.57		11:43PM 0.68	1:16PM 0.23		2:00AM 0.66	12:28PM 0.66		3:09AM -0.10		2:33PM 0.91	4:02AM 0.19	5:35AM -0.25	3:06PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	29	13	18	20	17	19	17	13	19	13	27	14	31	27	12	19	15	17	21	16	23
Low °C	13	28	12	16	19	15	17	17	11	17	13	24	12	30	23	12	17	14	15	20	16	20
Chill °C (?)	15	29	11	18	20	17	19	17	11	19	12	27	13	31	27	12	19	14	17	21	15	23
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:23	-	-	6:51	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	18	18	17	11	8	9	11	11	14	11	14	13	16	16	11	11	15	14	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	8	18	16	16	7	16	12	6	12	14	8	11	16	16	11	6	18	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	-	1.0 W	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	4	12	9	-	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	5	4	-	5	-	6	11	-

	Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	19	8	11	12	18	18	17	8	8	8	16	16	10	7	9	9	11	16	11	11
Energy	1186	1019	917	736	440	786	1004	1159	1040	1400	1366	1420	769	784	1192	1051	1109	1065	1014	731	902	1066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:20AM 1.20					5:36PM 1.15			4:44AM 1.14					7:08PM 1.23				7:39AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				10:55AM 0.55	12:09PM 0.12			10:12PM 1.09									12:57AM 1.16				1:18PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	26	17	11	15	26	26	26	16	18	17	18	17	14	13	16	16	11	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	13	14	26	16	10	14	26	26	26	16	18	17	18	16	14	13	15	16	11	20	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.5 NW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	19	16	11	12	18	18	17	8	8	8	8	16	10	11	9	9	7	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	19	13	20	13	10	13	12	12	18	13	13	16	15	18	18	16	16	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	5	8	-	4	4	4	5	8	8	8	-	8	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 09
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Port Orford Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 NW
Period(s)	8	8	16	8	14	14	16	19	19	7	7	8	19	19	8	14	8	8	13	8	7	7
Energy	1328	1218	669	766	250	577	770	917	917	874	511	736	960	973	529	770	903	934	803	1037	899	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:49AM 1.64		4:51AM 1.73														6:44PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)												10:55AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	24	11	11	11	25	26	26	18	19	17	18	18	19	15	20	20	12	18	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	24	9	11	9	25	26	26	18	19	16	17	17	19	14	20	20	10	17	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	16	18	11	11	16	19	19	7	20	16	19	19	14	9	14	14	13	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	14	16	14	14	5	13	13	20	15	20	11	11	16	14	16	16	10	14	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	0.6 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 NNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	8	8	4	8	-	4	5	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	8	6	8	8	5	8	7	7

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