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

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Trinidad State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	7	6	5	4	4	5	9	5	5	4	9	9	8	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	4.5 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	18	16	16	16	16	13	14	14	16	12	13	18	18	18	16	14	12	12	10	11	16
Energy(?)	505	2048	5714	4220	1153	1458	2607	9312	8043	3978	2937	2365	9595	8870	2503	1588	2537	901	729	4773	2396	4190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:47AM 2.29		10:23PM 1.94	7:03AM 1.53		11:36PM 2.23	11:56AM 2.28		12:29AM 1.97	12:12PM 2.49		11:49PM 1.43	11:25AM 1.78		12:09AM 1.21	10:45AM 2.05		12:10AM 1.18	7:08AM 2.25		2:35AM 1.80	1:55PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.49	4:42AM 0.27	1:13PM 0.45	5:38PM 0.41		5:57AM 0.32	6:10PM 0.26		6:03AM 0.58	6:22PM 0.05		5:07AM 0.59	5:14PM 0.01	4:53AM 0.72		5:53PM 0.35	4:44AM 0.80	11:39AM 1.66	7:54PM -0.06		8:03AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	20
High °C	26	13	11	16	22	18	14	14	13	20	14	12	11	14	15	15	17	12	15	15	14	12
Low °C	24	13	9	13	20	17	12	13	11	18	13	11	11	13	14	14	17	11	12	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	26	11	9	16	22	18	14	12	12	20	13	10	10	13	14	15	17	11	15	12	13	11
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	17	10	16	16	16	16	13	14	14	16	12	13	18	18	13	16	14	12	12	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	18	16	8	7	16	17	17	14	16	16	17	16	17	18	16	16	15	14	19	18	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9

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	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort. Ebey Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	3	5	6	7	7	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	4.5 W	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	15
Energy(?)	599	1137	1041	513	4839	5244	6280	6042	6225	5020	1960	4055	3457	1017	1072	2004	1898	1037	7402	6619	12158	9706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:57AM 2.11				10:45PM 2.20								9:43PM 1.31				9:31AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)								4:54AM 0.33	5:21AM 0.22			4:11PM 0.37				3:20AM 0.69					5:40PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	26	11	10	9	9	9	13	20	15	15	17	16	17	18	21	11	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	26	11	10	8	8	7	13	20	15	15	17	16	17	18	21	11	14	11	12
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	-	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	-	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	13	20	20	11	16	16	16	17	17	12	16	8	16	9	16	8	15	15	-	18	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Friday 17																		Saturday 18
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort. Ebey Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	3	5	6	7	7	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	17	11	10	12	12	11	19	14	8	20	18	18	14	14	14	16	17	16	16
Energy(?)	348	552	523	410	1080	1152	1233	1147	1390	1462	287	908	950	291	292	507	794	351	3197	4915	4550	5813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						10:48AM 2.33										8:35PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	25	12	12	13	14	13	14	18	14	16	19	18	18	18	19	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	25	10	10	12	13	11	12	18	14	16	19	18	18	18	19	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	2.5 W	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	13	13	17	11	10	12	12	11	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	14	8	16	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	17	20	20	20	20	20	19	14	14	13	14	14	14	8	14	13	17	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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