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

	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 NW	1.0 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	8	16	16	16	24	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	9	16	9	9	18	10	15	16
Energy	536	1145	593	709	506	741	903	1221	1117	1516	1152	1245	1244	1042	1189	991	1162	1003	930	1015	581	687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:45PM 2.57	12:08PM 1.77		11:35PM 2.62	1:02PM 1.82		12:07AM 3.06			10:28PM 2.01		2:44PM 1.90	12:36AM 2.26		3:34PM 1.95	2:54AM 2.61		4:22PM 2.00	3:56AM 2.36		4:43PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	3:27PM 1.27		5:15AM -0.11	4:28PM 0.78		6:06AM -0.19	4:32PM 1.21		7:08AM -0.71	6:20PM 0.79		7:47AM -0.12	7:24PM 1.30		9:06AM 0.02		9:11PM 1.35	9:54AM 0.23		10:21PM 1.29	11:32AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	17	13	14	16	22	16	15	13	19	15	16	16	15	15	13	14	15	12	12	19
Low °C	15	13	14	13	11	15	21	15	14	13	19	13	15	14	14	15	11	12	15	10	12	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	12	14	16	22	16	15	12	19	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	14	12	11	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	1.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 SW	2.2 NW	1.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	8	16	8	7	15	14	8	9	9	19	9	9	17	9	10	9	9	10	10	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	16	16	12	21	21	21	19	14	18	18	8	16	16	16	16	14	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	18	13	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	24	24	24	21	21	21	21	21
Energy	671	536	1189	1205	1145	1008	716	593	596	709	566	672	506	665	534	741	710	903	1030	1123	1221	1004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 1.71			10:45PM 2.57					12:08PM 1.77			8:49PM 2.08	11:35PM 2.62				1:15PM 1.43			9:37PM 2.08	12:07AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)		3:27PM 1.27								4:28PM 0.78					6:36AM -0.20			4:32PM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	13	14	13	20	17	17	13	16	19	14	17	16	16	14	21	19	19	16	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	12	14	12	20	17	17	13	16	19	14	17	16	16	14	21	19	19	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	15	15	7	15	7	15	15	14	14	21	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	9	13	13	13	17	11	13	13	16	12	12	16	12	10	12	7	21	21	13	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Saturday 13												Sunday 14
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	8	13	13	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16
Energy	690	695	671	621	536	536	902	1117	1189	1186	1186	1205	1205	1148	1145	1075	1022	1008	597	678	716	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 1.71											10:45PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)					3:27PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	19	16	15	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	19	20	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	19	16	15	12	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	19	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	13	13	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	13	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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