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

	Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thu
	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	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	No Pass CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	4	4	9	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	22	21	11	14	14	17	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	12	12	16
Energy(?)	1661	1595	1273	1517	4081	1926	9476	9335	6970	4651	4287	4400	4124	2640	1845	4241	1270	750	776	275	2396	7835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:25AM 1.62	6:49PM 1.70		8:03AM 1.45			5:57AM 1.45	7:48PM 1.26		8:34AM 1.56	6:39PM 1.48		10:49AM 2.52		10:02PM 1.31	12:01PM 3.79		12:43AM 2.40	11:44AM 2.53		12:55AM 2.40	12:01PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24PM 1.10		2:22AM 0.30		3:08PM 0.98	2:20AM 0.76	12:02PM 0.61	2:06PM 0.47	11:58PM 0.44			12:30AM 0.46		3:32PM 0.35	3:10AM 0.46	5:49AM 1.13	6:27PM -0.35		5:38AM 0.62	6:02PM -0.47		6:00AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	11	2
High °C	15	28	24	23	10	16	18	14	12	22	13	11	14	19	17	14	20	18	20	20	17	14
Low °C	12	26	24	19	10	13	15	12	10	18	13	8	12	19	14	13	19	16	19	19	15	13
Chill °C (?)	15	28	24	23	6	16	18	12	10	22	12	9	13	19	17	13	20	18	20	20	15	12
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	22	21	10	14	14	17	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	9	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	19	18	16	10	18	20	19	16	18	16	15	16	15	16	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.8 NW	2.5 S	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	11	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 30								Friday 31								Saturday 01
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	5	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	9	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 SSW	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	10	11	22	12	21	10	20	20	13	20	20	13	19	17	19	18	16	16
Energy(?)	3720	3091	1503	3768	844	969	1605	1801	1273	1040	2524	2015	1186	1081	1025	6737	12459	13540	8668	6185	8358	7077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)											5:47AM 1.31				6:32PM 1.25	9:11PM 2.80				8:47AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.17																	3:17AM 0.39				3:13PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	12	12	7	15	13	13	24	14	24	13	25	28	15	24	17	11	11	11	16	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	5	15	13	13	24	14	24	13	25	28	14	24	17	11	9	10	16	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	10	11	22	8	21	10	20	20	13	20	20	13	19	17	19	18	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	19	11	19	11	10	10	18	11	16	22	16	12	8	16	15	19	21	21	13	13	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.1 NW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	7	12	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	5	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	9	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	12	13	24	11	24	11	24	24	11	13	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	3966	3894	2851	1739	2416	2482	968	1993	939	819	814	858	1191	1646	731	413	469	469	1294	1123	776	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				6:03PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			1:28AM 0.28											12:14PM 1.32		2:16PM 1.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	8	13	8	13	25	16	25	17	27	27	11	26	22	10	12	11	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	12	6	13	25	16	25	17	27	27	11	26	22	10	12	11	10	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	1.4 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 NW	1.0 W	1.4 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	12	13	13	11	13	11	24	24	11	11	12	9	9	9	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	19	19	20	14	20	19	24	14	24	13	13	13	10	24	19	9	9	9	10	18	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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