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

	Tue		Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	8	7	8	9	18	7	9	11	8	16	12	10	9	9
Energy	638	516	613	414	645	651	935	452	187	705	1064	520	717	999	900	1020	811	750	990	778	1026	1730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:28PM 1.99		4:44PM 1.47	1:25AM 1.84		6:26PM 1.65	1:37AM 1.73		6:35PM 1.44	4:18AM 1.31	5:51AM 2.71	6:53PM 1.63	8:08PM 1.77	6:50AM 1.74		8:01PM 1.62	7:15AM 1.98	7:32PM 1.32	9:21PM 2.05	7:13AM 1.11	7:50PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44PM 1.08		8:45AM 0.42	7:19PM 1.43		11:09AM 0.00			11:41AM 0.00		10:56PM 0.93	1:04PM 1.01		1:30AM 1.04	1:46PM 0.21		1:55AM 0.77	1:45PM 0.85		3:36AM 0.55	1:16PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	12	17	11	14	20	10	22	21	14	21	28	15	18	20	16	18	16	14	17	14
Low °C	15	12	11	17	10	12	18	8	19	20	12	17	28	12	16	19	15	16	16	12	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	16	10	14	20	8	22	21	12	21	28	14	18	20	15	18	16	14	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	6:50	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	11	12	12	14	11	8	17	18	9	18	13	9	18	17	16	7	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	14	7	7	18	8	11	13	16	16	13	16	13	15	14	11	12	16	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	-	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	3	5	-	5	-	-	12	-	-	7	8	-	12	7	-	11	8	8	-	-	-	9

	Tuesday 05				Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Fri
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	12	13	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	7	7
Energy	591	652	576	515	528	548	778	439	308	597	859	2741	663	820	823	651	411	521	351	566	846	679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:51AM 1.30				12:43AM 1.92	2:57AM 2.16				4:41PM 1.43			1:25AM 1.84	3:39AM 2.06					6:19PM 1.09			2:07AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		3:44PM 1.08	6:33PM 1.38					8:14AM 0.46				10:14PM 1.82				10:29AM 0.59				10:54PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	14	13	13	9	10	17	14	11	10	10	15	7	8	14	11	14	16	8	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	12	12	9	10	17	13	9	8	10	14	5	7	14	10	14	16	8	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	12	11	14	12	15	12	13	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	11	7	14	11	14	8	8	7	7	7	14	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	4	5	3	3	3	-	-	5	5	-	7	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	16	15
Energy	565	548	651	645	645	445	446	567	375	358	568	655	518	382	382	372	371	335	383	778	407	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:51AM 1.30				3:26PM 1.47	4:37PM 1.70										2:11AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)										8:23PM 1.03												8:31AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	16	15	14	13	15	13	11	11	10	13	10	9	11	11	11	11	9	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	15	14	13	12	13	12	10	10	9	12	10	9	10	11	11	11	9	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	15	15	14	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	3	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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