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 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.0 S	1.0 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	18	6	18	16	15	15	16	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	12	12	11	6	11
Energy(?)	533	988	175	620	586	653	650	596	502	991	1748	947	715	651	313	385	923	817	549	681	427	441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:07AM 1.25	6:00PM 1.81		7:27AM 1.41	6:37PM 2.01		7:46AM 1.30	6:14PM 1.53		7:38AM 1.37	6:49PM 1.82	10:49PM 2.40	10:59AM 1.62		8:16PM 1.75	9:01AM 1.55		8:52PM 1.70	9:24AM 1.60		10:51PM 1.85	9:43AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	11:52AM 0.99		1:19AM 0.29	11:28AM 1.23		2:44AM -0.06	12:59PM 0.67		1:35AM 0.26	12:59PM 0.73				4:16PM 0.56	2:54AM -0.02		2:57PM 0.30	3:19AM 0.06		3:23PM 0.55	4:57AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	15	22	26	23	30	21	18	18	17	18	18	18	13	15	16	15	22	18	20	20
Low °C	17	22	14	19	25	22	25	20	15	16	16	17	18	18	13	13	15	15	16	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	21	23	14	22	26	23	30	21	18	18	16	18	18	18	13	15	16	15	22	18	20	20
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.0 S	1.0 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	18	6	9	16	15	15	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	12	12	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	12	8	18	12	10	12	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	5	14	13	13	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	18	11	8	19	16	17	16	16	11	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1206	1058	591	821	551	588	502	1003	1018	1015	1018	564	509	571	523	573	577	572	582	650	514	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:38AM 1.49								7:36AM 1.37	9:58AM 1.88			5:54PM 1.65				7:46AM 1.30	8:04AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36AM -0.02				11:11AM 1.31				12:14AM 0.40				1:22PM 1.04				1:18AM -0.07				1:51PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	20	29	23	20	22	27	22	28	29	23	17	21	22	23	23	23	23	30	22	23
Chill °C (?)	15	14	20	29	23	20	22	27	22	28	29	23	17	21	22	23	23	23	23	30	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	18	11	8	19	16	17	16	16	11	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	12	7	8	13	18	18	12	16	16	12	12	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Monday 15
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Exotics CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	20	6	8	21	18	19	18	18	9	9	8	20	20	19	19	19	18	20	18
Energy(?)	830	1274	541	899	514	589	401	813	829	1210	903	335	473	479	448	446	533	531	512	752	571	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		4:38PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36AM -0.02											11:49AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	23	19	15	19	26	21	29	28	17	19	21	24	24	24	24	23	23	21	23
Chill °C (?)	15	14	18	23	19	15	19	26	21	29	28	17	19	21	24	24	24	24	23	23	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	11	20	6	8	14	18	19	18	18	9	9	8	20	20	19	19	19	18	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	13	13	11	10	21	13	13	7	13	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 NW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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