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 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	10	6	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	16	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	15	16	12	12	11
Energy	439	425	788	431	845	660	146	648	834	827	1192	1296	1499	715	688	578	641	311	372	668	559	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 1.17		11:23PM 1.24	11:49AM 1.62		10:26PM 2.10	11:54AM 1.01		11:00PM 2.09		2:31PM 0.89	11:35PM 1.53		2:49PM 1.09	12:46AM 1.61		3:26PM 1.45	2:12AM 2.47	12:54PM 1.22	4:55PM 1.36	2:28AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 0.52		5:17AM 0.31	5:17PM 0.61		5:32AM -0.15	5:49PM 0.70		7:00AM -0.15	7:36PM 0.53		7:45AM -0.19	6:04PM 1.00		7:40AM -0.07	6:31PM 1.37	8:26PM 1.63	6:08AM 0.51	5:14PM 1.36	8:21PM 0.93	11:11AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	13	16	15	11	19	13	13	12	14	12	12	15	13	13	15	18	12	13	12	12
Low °C	12	19	11	12	14	10	16	13	12	11	14	11	11	14	12	11	15	14	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	19	11	16	14	11	19	12	13	12	13	12	12	14	12	13	14	17	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	13	9	13	8	9	8	8	9	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	15	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	14	13	14	12	13	12	12	11	17	16	17	9	15	16	16	8	15	13	16	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30						Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	9	12	9	8
Energy	1446	1225	1023	454	1115	1049	1001	1296	1218	1312	522	877	1030	1040	1026	1000	1088	608	428	306	1537	1461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:09PM 0.95			10:00PM 2.10					12:57PM 0.93			10:43PM 1.54	11:16PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	5:52AM -0.06			4:05PM 1.00					5:08AM 0.31			4:42PM 0.69	5:17PM 0.61				5:45AM 0.27			4:06PM 1.09	5:49PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	15	19	13	15	14	11	16	14	15	18	12	11	11	12	16	13	18	19	11	17
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	19	13	14	14	11	15	14	14	18	12	10	9	12	16	13	17	19	11	17
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	8:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	9	13	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	9	9	8	13	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	16	18	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	9	8	-	9	8	9	9	8	9	-	9	9	9	8

	Thursday 30	Friday 01
	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	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W
Period(s)	14	8	9	10	13	10	14	13	9	9	9	9	13	9	8	7	13	13	6	13	13	12
Energy	887	1240	577	442	827	564	470	890	783	794	488	427	946	439	897	592	373	695	371	144	817	645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						10:47AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	5:52AM -0.06	6:40AM -0.06										4:10PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	13	15	16	20	14	18	15	14	19	14	16	13	14	16	10	16	16	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	13	15	15	20	13	17	14	12	19	14	16	11	12	16	9	15	16	11	9
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	14	9	9	10	8	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	7	16	7	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	13	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.0 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	7	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	5	-	6	6	8	6

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