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

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.4 W	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	10	14	14	17	17	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	14	12	10	12	14	14
Energy(?)	619	1510	807	620	2278	8042	6124	7131	4658	3468	3122	3836	985	2260	1684	1311	1304	692	2105	1486	4697	2454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:41PM 0.91	5:20AM 1.40		7:47PM 1.41	6:52AM 1.55		10:22PM 1.25	9:46AM 2.47		2:50AM 2.36	10:59AM 3.44		12:07AM 2.22	11:21AM 2.69		12:36AM 2.34	12:02PM 2.71		1:14AM 2.17	12:05PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:56PM 0.02		10:56PM 0.83		1:37PM 0.40	11:32PM 1.25		3:52PM 0.00	2:20AM 0.93		5:18PM 0.78	3:23AM 2.36	5:03AM 1.80	5:33PM -0.10		5:34AM 1.00	6:04PM -0.13		6:12AM 0.83	5:51PM 0.34	7:02PM -0.12	6:11AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	1	6	-
High °C	15	13	7	9	9	8	12	10	9	9	9	7	14	10	8	13	16	8	13	13	14	14
Low °C	14	13	7	8	8	7	10	9	7	8	9	6	14	8	7	11	15	7	12	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	6	7	7	6	11	9	8	8	8	6	12	8	7	12	16	6	12	11	13	13
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 SW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	14	17	17	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	14	12	13	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	17	14	19	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	13	8	9	8	7	13	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12								Friday 13
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Casas Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	7	6	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	15	11	14	17	15	17	16	17	16	15	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1415	1086	1145	1031	1340	1536	1064	1052	1005	1031	1705	1482	4659	3258	8042	8869	9834	6467	5326	5880	6209	5545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	4:50AM 1.41					7:51PM 1.34			6:52AM 1.66	7:57AM 2.29					10:29PM 1.84			9:01AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			12:30PM 0.08				11:47PM 0.91	1:06AM 1.16								3:13AM 1.43				3:37PM 0.52	4:50PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	15	13	15	12	11	11	8	7	9	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	11	7	9
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	15	12	14	12	10	10	8	4	7	6	7	8	6	7	8	8	11	7	9
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	14	17	15	17	16	17	16	15	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	17	17	15	14	19	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11																			Thursday 12
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Casas Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	7	6	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.3 SW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	14	14	11	13	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	957	298	262	262	1941	849	1312	1083	767	490	526	321	560	650	567	566	752	563	563	631	766	900
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:50AM 1.41																	9:35PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)											2:48PM 1.28											1:06AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	16	13	14	16	12	7	8	7	9	7	7	8	7	7	11	7	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	13	16	11	14	16	11	6	8	5	7	4	5	6	6	6	11	6	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.8 NNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	5	14	14	12	14	14	14	9	6	17	18	17	13	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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