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

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	5	7	0	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	8	16	14	15	13	17	14	14	15	9	12	12	9	18	18	16	15	14	14	8
Energy	535	477	693	585	648	535	557	581	4882	6784	419	3072	2117	1514	3272	1942	3398	3899	1238	730	1196	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:48PM 2.03		6:10AM 1.75	7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.98	6:27PM 1.52	9:00PM 2.11	9:41AM 1.51	7:31PM 1.69		10:59AM 1.15		10:11PM 2.20	10:48AM 1.67		9:58PM 1.76	12:18PM 0.89		9:36PM 1.61	11:53AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	10:24AM 0.42		1:15AM 1.25	12:35PM 0.64		1:24AM 0.86	1:58PM 0.95		3:36AM 0.37			2:58AM 0.08	5:05AM 0.05	2:18PM 0.58			3:26PM 1.21		5:55AM -0.12	3:41PM 0.83	4:49AM -0.23	5:01AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	17	11	12	20	13	12	16	11	13	14	13	14	16	15	18
Low °C	14	13	11	11	13	11	11	17	10	10	19	10	11	15	10	13	13	10	12	16	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	12	13	13	12	16	11	12	20	10	11	16	9	13	13	13	14	16	15	18
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:36	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	14	15	13	17	14	14	15	9	12	14	20	10	10	16	15	9	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	9	14	9	17	16	12	14	14	10	14	18	18	9	9	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	1.4 W	3.0 NW	-	2.4 WNW	3.5 NNW	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	9	-	12	9	-	10	9	-	-	8	8

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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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	8	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	12	14
Energy	504	535	345	477	514	522	693	771	1062	585	535	648	1144	534	535	848	1028	557	522	581	1154	3529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					6:48PM 2.03				7:01AM 1.64				7:45PM 1.57				7:46AM 1.15	8:05AM 1.98				9:00PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		10:24AM 0.42	11:23AM -0.06				1:15AM 1.25				1:07PM 0.15				1:24AM 0.86				11:57AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
Temp. °C	11	14	13	13	11	12	11	11	10	13	11	13	11	12	12	11	11	13	17	17	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	13	11	12	11	11	10	12	9	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	16	16	10	10
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	7	15	9	9	15	14	14	9	9	15	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-

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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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s)	8	8	8	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	8	8	16	8	8	8	8
Energy	700	508	504	578	560	535	535	345	345	430	477	477	665	519	514	638	669	522	664	707	693	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:38AM 1.81													6:48PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)						10:24AM 0.42															1:15AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	12	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	8	10	10	8	8	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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