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

	Thu	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	7	7	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	18	16	15	18	16	15	16	15	14	13	11	17	14	13	14	13	14	17
Energy(?)	2406	1476	3976	934	2060	1999	2952	4569	7486	6550	4693	4867	1835	1696	999	3730	4501	2991	2016	2539	2705	4223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:59PM 1.86	9:24AM 2.87		9:47PM 1.58	8:22AM 1.96		10:50PM 1.42	9:15AM 1.92		1:18AM 2.47	12:15PM 2.69		11:56PM 1.45	10:50AM 1.68		1:20AM 2.47	12:54PM 2.56	1:14PM 2.06	1:23AM 2.07		1:47PM 2.44	2:49AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	3:46AM 1.05		4:47PM -0.37	2:04AM 1.16		3:31PM -0.41	3:16AM 0.80		6:16PM -0.41		6:38AM 0.71	4:50PM -0.31		4:55AM 0.61	5:26PM -0.18		7:02AM 1.02			7:52AM 0.97		8:15PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	12	17	16	15	13	14	13	10	18	17	14	20	16	13	15	17	17	17	13	20
Low °C	14	17	11	15	15	14	12	13	12	10	17	14	12	18	14	12	14	14	15	13	13	19
Chill °C (?)	15	20	9	17	16	15	12	13	12	8	18	16	14	20	16	12	15	17	17	17	13	20
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	11	11	15	18	16	15	16	15	14	13	11	17	14	13	14	13	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	1.6 W	1.7 W	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	18	16	11	15	13	13	13	12	18	12	20	15	16	15	14	13	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	14	18
Energy(?)	5428	3829	3171	3088	1673	1476	1208	1043	3036	3106	3105	1053	1112	1218	1245	2377	3555	3258	3008	3151	5423	6010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:53PM 1.97			7:26AM 1.95					11:45PM 1.99			8:22AM 1.96					11:03PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	4:22PM -0.20			1:03AM 1.22				2:46PM -0.37	4:47PM -0.37			2:24AM 0.91					4:49PM -0.02				4:35AM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	17	14	17	20	20	11	11	13	15	15	18	20	15	13	13	13	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	17	13	17	20	20	10	9	12	15	14	18	20	15	12	12	13	13	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	15	15	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	0.1 SW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	19	15	19	18	18	11	18	15	13	12	19	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 29	Friday 30
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6140	4970	4665	3885	2706	2506	2473	2475	3171	3547	3304	1869	1841	1636	1673	1862	1661	1649	1525	1576	1432	1700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						9:38PM 1.32											8:36AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)	4:22PM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	17	15	15	15	14	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	11	13	14	15	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	17	15	15	15	14	11	11	11	14	14	12	13	9	12	14	15	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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