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 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.4 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	0.6 SW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	9	12	14	14	15	11	13	6	14	7	16	10	16	18	8	9	16	15	16	16
Energy(?)	574	1306	372	619	838	696	563	840	354	57	270	505	434	783	335	920	434	580	768	434	743	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:46AM 1.33		9:12PM 1.68	12:31PM 1.29		11:20PM 2.01	10:40AM 1.08		10:52PM 1.96		2:25PM 0.73	4:11AM 2.09		7:02PM 1.54	10:08PM 1.38			10:00PM 1.27		7:39PM 1.42	4:12AM 1.59	6:15AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 0.64	4:01AM 0.28	6:08AM 0.44	4:48PM 1.03			4:09PM 1.01		7:30AM 0.18	4:36PM 0.71	10:09PM 1.14	10:46AM 0.14			8:19AM 0.67			11:08AM 0.58		10:53PM 1.37	1:45PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	15	16	27	18	14	19	18	22	18	18	28	9	12	28	8	9	18	15	13	17
Low °C	20	19	12	12	27	18	13	18	17	18	18	17	27	9	12	26	8	6	18	14	10	16
Chill °C (?)	22	20	14	16	27	17	14	19	17	22	18	17	28	6	12	28	6	6	18	14	12	16
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	6	12	14	14	11	14	13	6	7	13	12	11	9	18	8	9	16	15	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	10	9	6	9	21	15	20	13	14	14	11	16	17	8	5	13	13	10	13	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 NW	-	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	0.7 WNW	1.7 NNW	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	5	10	-	11	6	-	-	7	6	10	-	5	-	-	6	7	7	8

	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	11	11	18	15	16	15	16	16	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1047	1034	1022	1198	1024	578	971	1252	1132	530	522	619	713	543	688	679	626	534	564	556	638	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					11:41AM 1.42			10:07PM 2.12						3:54PM 1.81		9:29PM 1.63					11:48AM 1.31	3:48PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33AM 0.23				4:37PM 0.98					5:47AM 0.01	9:20AM -0.05						4:30AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	24	17	17	23	24	18	18	20	20	16	15	16	26	25	25	24	25	19	19	12
Chill °C (?)	24	23	24	17	17	23	24	17	17	20	20	16	15	16	26	25	25	24	25	19	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.3 NW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	11	11	18	15	16	12	16	16	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	1.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 S	0.6 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	6	18	18	16	12	10	15	10	4	6	17	6	21	21	4	4	5	10	19	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	5	10	-

	Saturday 04
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	12	12	19	16	17	16	18	18	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	10
Energy(?)	1085	1047	1047	1186	1206	469	1034	890	978	392	481	396	413	340	922	910	898	1001	1001	1104	1095	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	3:02PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	16	16	19	23	18	18	22	23	15	19	17	26	26	26	26	25	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	16	16	19	23	18	18	22	23	15	19	17	26	26	26	26	25	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	12	12	19	16	17	16	18	18	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	6	6	19	19	11	6	12	12	11	11	13	19	13	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-

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