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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Westport-The Corner Washington	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1103	1396	1688	1549	680	717	358	233	729	677	1530	1271	1232	582	1209	896	851	1477	791	610	1281	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:27AM 1.54		9:29PM 1.78	10:51AM 1.55		8:58PM 2.02	11:09AM 2.02		10:12PM 1.94	1:00PM 2.38		12:43AM 1.95	12:35PM 2.52		12:24AM 1.94	11:38AM 1.95		12:26AM 1.65	12:03PM 1.95		3:14AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 0.27		4:06PM 1.27	4:15AM -0.01		5:58PM 0.66	3:35AM 0.35		4:14PM 0.78	4:35AM 0.51	6:41AM 0.18	6:14PM 0.79		6:24AM 0.74	6:52PM 0.68		5:28AM 0.78	6:13PM 0.55		5:53AM 0.92	7:54PM 0.18	8:52PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	17	16	17	18	13	17	16	16	14	17	14	20	19	15	19	16	14	16	16	13
Low °C	13	17	16	15	13	18	11	15	16	15	13	17	12	15	17	12	17	16	14	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	12	18	16	16	17	18	12	17	15	16	14	16	13	20	19	14	19	16	14	16	15	11
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	11	10	15	10	10	10	9	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	15	19	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	18	14	18	16	16	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	-	2.5 NW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	7	9	10	10	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	594	1025	1182	1627	2113	1192	504	1260	1241	1114	1091	1217	1428	777	588	608	693	641	595	552	593	456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:47PM 2.04	8:35PM 1.84								8:40PM 2.04					11:15AM 2.33			9:28PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)				3:34AM -0.05				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06			4:15PM 0.99				4:05AM 0.40	5:09AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	15	14	14	14	14	23	16	17	17	11	16	15	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	15	17
Chill °C (?)	21	14	14	13	14	13	23	16	17	17	9	16	15	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	8	9	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	15	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	15	12	15	8	14	14	14	14	19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	0.8 S	2.2 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	10	12	7	7	11	15	8	15	15	11	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	534	737	414	901	870	1009	481	1299	578	583	1826	1592	2119	1631	1601	3000	597	605	721	867	2543	1625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				8:31PM 1.77		10:34PM 2.76											9:35AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)										2:55AM 0.27		4:02AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	14	15	15	14	19	17	19	18	12	14	13	14	15	18	19	20	20	20	18	16
Chill °C (?)	23	23	14	15	15	12	19	16	19	18	10	14	13	14	15	18	19	20	20	20	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.6 WNW	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WSW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	16	7	12	12	11	15	8	10	9	9	10	15	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 NW	1.0 NNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	15	12	6	16	16	8	10	12	15	15	16	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.4 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	3.5 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	4	10	-	7	7	6	4	8	-	-	11	-	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	11

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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