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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			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	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	La Push Washington	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	11	10	10	9	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	12
Energy(?)	386	771	612	920	465	319	273	3707	2038	1395	856	2356	4034	2264	2012	1580	739	3101	1733	1345	2122	1535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:47PM 1.32	7:55PM 1.82	7:53AM 2.29		9:24PM 1.72	8:40AM 2.51		10:29PM 1.79	9:15AM 2.55		11:20PM 1.87	9:49AM 2.58			10:26AM 2.99		11:48PM 2.07	10:13AM 2.68		12:27AM 2.09	10:50AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 0.41		1:34AM 0.93		3:34PM 0.32	2:14AM 1.03		3:53PM 0.24	3:03AM 1.16		4:32PM 0.09	3:48AM 1.24		5:09PM -0.03			4:56PM 0.28		4:21AM 1.56	5:33PM 0.23		4:58AM 1.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	2	-
High °C	14	13	11	12	12	14	15	13	15	15	19	14	11	16	13	19	11	7	14	16	8	9
Low °C	12	12	10	11	11	12	14	12	14	14	16	10	10	11	12	16	11	6	13	15	7	7
Chill °C (?)	13	12	9	11	12	13	15	10	15	15	19	12	10	15	12	19	11	3	12	16	6	7
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	4:36	-	-	4:21	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 W	0.8 NW	4.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.1 SSW	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	11	13	12	11	10	10	9	12	12	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	11	9	10	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	16	16	16	15	9	14	13	16	13	15	15	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	12	-	11	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13						Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	12
Energy(?)	577	835	750	658	1006	684	612	654	954	920	799	705	717	716	818	1065	252	273	567	863	1384	2052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:48AM 1.51					8:07PM 1.70				8:03AM 2.47				9:24PM 1.72	10:56PM 1.95			7:47AM 2.52				9:36PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				1:58PM 0.59				1:24AM 0.86				3:07PM 0.42			12:54AM 1.91					3:02PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	20	-	1	1	3	3	1
Temp. °C	15	18	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	10	12	11	9	8	8	8	10	11	12	12	12	10	10	13	13	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	18	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	18	15	14	9	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13																			Sunday 14
	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	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	15	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	700	835	350	368	375	402	401	443	503	503	771	771	850	869	681	677	453	449	435	429	362	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:11AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)											2:13PM 0.63										12:34AM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	9	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	17	6	11	10	11	14	15	13	13	13	12	11	11	9	11	12	11	11	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	13	15	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	16	18	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	7	7	16	-	-	7	7	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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