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

	Wed		Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	18	17	18	17	14	13	13	12	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	2737	2883	2615	3552	6022	6291	5324	3352	2220	1386	1429	1582	3499	2178	1941	2764	2374	1871	1469	1363	1676	1683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:37AM 2.65		2:37PM 2.13	2:05AM 1.70		2:08PM 1.34	2:26AM 2.04		3:33PM 1.92	3:37AM 2.42		5:04PM 1.31			6:25PM 1.27					4:12AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		8:13PM 0.02	8:40AM 0.57		7:43PM 0.24	9:27AM 0.58		7:49PM 0.84	9:37AM 0.52		9:03PM 1.14	10:52AM 0.41		9:59PM 0.82	11:14AM 0.72		9:39PM 0.91	11:57AM 0.62			12:20PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	3	5	1	5	-
High °C	18	15	19	15	19	16	17	18	22	21	16	15	10	13	23	10	9	8	8	5	8	7
Low °C	17	12	17	14	17	16	16	16	20	16	14	15	10	12	21	8	6	7	5	4	7	7
Chill °C (?)	18	15	19	15	19	15	17	18	22	21	15	15	8	13	23	8	9	4	5	3	6	3
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	0.2 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	18	17	18	17	14	13	13	12	15	15	18	13	13	12	12	11	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.6 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	-	17	13	13	12	14	12	12	16	20	-	16	15	-	15	15	-	21	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	5	7	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	17	17	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	3102	3789	3591	3103	3135	3045	3105	3033	3107	3009	3648	6536	7663	7410	7402	7372	6422	6904	6355	6116	5444	5002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		1:47PM 2.65				2:39AM 2.51				1:43PM 2.34				2:49AM 2.05							11:56PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				8:35PM -0.01				7:14AM 0.93				8:15PM 0.17				7:34AM 0.86			6:30PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	14	15	10	15	16	18	16	15	15	12	12	18	19	15	16	15	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	13	15	8	14	15	18	16	15	15	12	11	18	19	15	16	14	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	17	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	-	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	-	15	13	18	17	17	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04													Thursday 05
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	5	7	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	3102	3952	3903	3442	2516	2841	2708	1674	2724	2656	2656	2761	2761	2973	1909	1909	2850	1094	1728	1636	764	855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:49PM 2.36											12:43AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)										7:25PM 0.43										5:08AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	18	19	19	18	17	17	15	15	16	16	15	22	21	15	22	21	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	18	19	19	18	17	17	15	15	16	16	15	22	21	14	22	21	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	16	15	-	-	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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