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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	Thu	Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	9	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	9	9	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	5.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	21	11	14	14	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	9	10	12	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1272	1479	4093	1896	11762	9335	6952	5054	4739	3882	3647	2928	2819	1818	1393	1062	2412	1226	6353	11793	6574	7773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 1.34	6:32PM 1.25		5:57AM 1.45	5:52PM 1.40	11:05PM 2.07	8:19AM 1.99		10:53PM 2.26	11:02AM 2.74		11:28PM 1.82	10:21AM 2.12		12:25AM 1.83	10:49AM 2.14		1:42AM 2.26	12:50PM 3.04		2:38AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	10:50PM 0.50	1:24PM 0.73		1:07AM 0.16	12:02PM 0.61		4:52AM 1.19		2:47PM 0.20	4:52AM 0.45		5:42PM -0.03	4:56AM 0.49		7:55PM 0.52			5:51PM -0.37		6:48AM 0.85	7:54PM -0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	24	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	34	13	8	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	11	16	18	14	12	11	13	11	13	13	15	12	18	20	15	18	14	13	19	15
Low °C	24	19	10	14	16	13	10	10	13	11	12	12	12	10	18	19	15	16	12	13	18	13
Chill °C (?)	24	23	8	16	18	12	11	11	12	10	13	12	14	10	18	20	13	17	12	13	19	13
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	5.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	21	10	14	14	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	9	10	12	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.1 W	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	11	18	20	20	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	9	13	12	11	12	16	9	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.8 NW	2.2 S	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	11	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	5	9	7	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	5.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	22	12	8	10	20	20	13	20	10	13	18	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1605	1700	1529	1030	2524	2015	1351	1081	1536	4824	12971	13891	9616	8440	5664	8449	8100	7372	6952	6225	5757	5054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:47AM 1.31		11:20AM 2.38		6:32PM 1.25	8:46PM 2.08				8:47AM 1.66	11:32AM 2.46			8:33PM 1.45				10:25AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)			12:20AM 0.13									3:17AM 0.39				3:32PM 0.60				3:56AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	13	13	12	25	28	10	25	17	12	12	11	16	18	10	18	15	15	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	24	13	13	12	25	28	9	25	17	12	11	10	16	18	10	18	15	15	11	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	5.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	22	8	10	10	20	20	13	20	10	13	18	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	11	22	22	16	12	7	16	20	21	22	22	13	19	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	12	8	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	5	9	7	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	22	11	11	11	22	22	15	12	8	14	14	14	10	10	13	16	16	16	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1607	840	871	944	1395	1293	1123	2929	1529	1685	1690	1655	723	983	1051	838	782	782	1274	1357	1341	1543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																9:00AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						10:50PM 0.50		12:32AM 0.52		2:22AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	15	14	13	24	24	9	19	13	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	12	13	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	25	15	14	13	24	24	7	19	13	8	8	8	11	10	8	11	12	12	13	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.2 NW	1.0 W	1.7 W	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	22	11	11	11	22	22	15	12	10	14	14	14	10	10	13	9	16	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	17	17	9	11	22	19	18	18	10	10	14	16	10	10	9	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	-	1.5 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	7	7	-	12	8	5	5	5	-	10	-	-	6	6	4	5	5	5

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