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

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	14	9
Energy(?)	615	982	545	1088	1844	2019	1459	1154	457	270	701	583	735	925	842	1172	735	2008	605	1259	3412	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:33PM 1.82	9:42AM 2.00		8:15PM 1.58	1:54PM 2.62		1:14AM 2.45	1:20PM 2.27	2:53PM 2.55	1:34AM 2.47		2:08PM 2.19	2:15AM 2.65		3:09PM 2.15	3:13AM 3.75		4:12PM 3.09	3:39AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 0.18	2:15PM 0.26	2:08AM 0.68		2:01PM 0.18	2:06AM 0.39	8:00AM 1.65	6:57PM 0.08		7:14AM 0.17			8:04AM -0.00	7:57PM 0.35	8:03PM 0.36	8:50AM -0.14		8:59PM 1.11	9:53AM 0.37		9:47PM 0.65	10:35AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	30	8	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	10	13	15	15	10	9	16	14	26	15	16	17	24	22	20	23	16	23	9	7	13
Low °C	21	8	11	12	13	9	9	15	14	20	13	15	15	23	16	16	20	12	18	8	5	9
Chill °C (?)	26	10	13	15	15	9	8	15	14	26	14	16	17	24	22	20	23	16	23	6	3	13
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	2.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 NW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	12	18	17	17	17	16	11	13	14	9	11	11	16	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	0.9 NW	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	11	7	9	9	9	-	5	-	-

	Monday 16						Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	18	16	16	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1271	1005	1002	683	1096	1068	1438	1180	1441	1088	1671	1296	1682	1219	1456	1337	1254	1459	1386	1343	1019	788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:00AM 1.62				7:58PM 1.47		1:58AM 2.47				12:58PM 2.66				12:47AM 2.30				1:08PM 3.39
Low Tide / height (m)				3:50PM 0.37					5:59AM 0.64				6:25PM 0.01				6:39AM 0.41				7:24PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	9	-	-
Temp. °C	24	18	18	25	23	23	9	10	11	15	10	15	13	12	11	10	11	9	9	9	13	12
Chill °C (?)	24	18	18	25	23	23	9	8	10	15	10	15	13	11	10	9	10	8	8	7	12	11
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	16	16	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	4	9	9	18	13	13	18	18	17	17	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16																		Tuesday 17
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 SW	2.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	17	17	18	16	16	10	8	8	18	11	18	18	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1091	1140	1137	780	1271	1271	863	208	208	178	895	220	372	397	717	781	838	2775	2968	3174	1174	1083
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:35AM 2.07	8:57AM 1.99																12:33AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)													5:52PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	-
High °C	23	16	16	23	26	26	7	15	16	15	10	13	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	23	16	16	23	26	26	7	15	16	15	10	13	12	13	10	9	8	6	6	6	8	9
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 NW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	2.0 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	17	17	8	16	16	10	8	8	10	11	10	8	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	9	9	18	13	13	12	18	18	8	12	18	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	6	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	6	6	-	4	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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