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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7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	14	10	18	10	9	9	18	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	302	349	686	1263	1876	709	1156	513	480	486	490	351	1210	490	727	1132	1052	438	481	612	1005	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:20PM 1.91	1:36PM 1.31		11:01PM 1.80			12:42AM 1.91		2:49PM 1.42	1:20AM 1.75		3:16PM 1.49	2:02AM 2.00		3:47PM 1.58	3:03AM 1.81		3:35PM 1.46	4:53AM 1.99		5:28PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	5:04PM 0.91		6:34AM -0.28	4:47PM 0.72		7:10AM -0.28	5:43PM 1.24		7:55AM -0.26	7:28PM 0.81		8:21AM -0.15		8:29PM 1.20	8:53AM 0.44		9:35PM 1.09	9:29AM 0.62		11:13PM 1.02	10:45AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	21	20	16	14	16	18	13	16	19	14	30	15	28	13	15	13	16	17	14	14	19
Low °C	24	13	17	16	11	14	17	11	13	18	12	28	14	26	13	15	12	13	17	13	13	19
Chill °C (?)	26	21	20	16	13	16	18	13	16	19	14	30	14	28	13	14	11	15	17	14	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	14	10	18	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	15	17	17	17	15	12	16	15	14	10	9	13	13	15	20	19	18	17	17	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	9	-	9	-	10	9

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	393	649	1057	530	544	1078	535	937	669	1017	1569	2096	1552	817	833	1441	652	573	272	1172	1143	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 1.27			10:24PM 1.81					1:44PM 1.42				11:53PM 1.90					2:05PM 1.79			1:08AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)			5:05PM 0.91				5:57AM 0.12				5:50PM 0.88				7:09AM 0.14				5:24PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	14	15	14	12	18	18	16	21	14	13	13	12	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	22	13	15	14	12	18	18	16	21	13	12	13	11	14	15	16	16	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	16	8	19	7	8	8	9	9	16	9	17	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	16	12	19	19	19	16	17	12	17	12	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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