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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort. Ebey Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	-	3.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	18	-	11	8	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	624	671	1339	420	1183	932	667	493	0	2563	587	3646	5632	4528	1503	993	1539	1611	1093	457	362	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:58PM 1.02		2:02AM 1.82		4:17PM 1.14	2:01AM 1.63		5:43PM 1.09			7:09PM 0.98	4:40AM 1.96	6:00AM 2.09		8:56PM 1.55			9:13PM 1.31	6:33AM 1.89		9:00PM 1.26	8:11AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		6:35PM 0.48		8:25AM -0.12			9:35AM -0.09		11:02PM 1.09	12:30PM 0.01		10:27PM 1.35	1:39PM -0.05		1:22AM 1.10	12:07PM 0.33		2:04AM 0.76	1:36PM 0.24	3:00PM -0.13	2:21AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	8	24	11	11	17	24	8	10	21	15	9	19	20	10	17	21	12	20	13	16
Low °C	11	19	5	20	11	8	13	24	5	8	21	10	5	18	17	4	15	16	11	18	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	20	4	24	10	11	17	24	7	8	21	14	6	19	20	8	17	21	11	20	13	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	11	9	11	11	11	11	18	11	16	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	21	21	13	20	19	18	18	-	17	13	16	16	15	14	16	14	16	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	-	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	1.3 NNW	2.0 NW	-	1.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	8	11	10	11	-	-	6	10	-	10	-	-

	Sunday 22						Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	18	12	11	18	11	18	7
Energy(?)	1912	1777	852	671	1459	1675	1112	1009	1389	1123	532	1350	1038	1032	1019	514	1410	750	740	577	509	832
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:24PM 1.15			1:29AM 1.72					3:39PM 1.41									5:32PM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)	7:34AM -0.09				7:50PM 0.60					10:18AM -0.15				9:37PM 0.88				10:36AM -0.15				8:18PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	14	19	9	17	13	13	5	8	26	23	10	10	13	21	20	16	17	15	21	19
Chill °C (?)	16	22	13	19	8	17	13	13	3	7	26	23	10	10	13	21	20	16	17	15	21	19
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	12	11	8	11	18	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	13	21	21	21	13	13	13	14	20	19	19	19	19	19	10	18	18	10	18	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	6	7

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	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.5 SW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	9	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1907	1934	2623	685	1442	1843	624	603	1059	881	868	892	1195	1226	1438	128	2103	1367	838	2360	1391	1381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					1:09AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	11	13	10	20	19	20	10	11	20	18	10	9	9	21	16	9	15	10	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	10	13	9	20	19	20	7	8	20	18	8	7	7	21	15	8	14	10	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	2.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	14	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	12	10	13	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	16	13	14	21	14	9	21	21	21	21	21	11	13	21	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	1.6 WNW	0.7 NNW	-	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.3 SW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	9	10	-	10	4	-	10	10	9	9	9	2	10	9	-	10	9	9

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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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