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 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	2.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	12	14	11	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	8
Energy(?)	5661	5938	5149	4862	4201	3673	2069	1700	1725	1262	1229	334	769	333	2028	1401	1244	1382	574	1058	792	1078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:27PM 2.52		2:49AM 1.96		1:02PM 2.46	3:43AM 1.80		1:07PM 2.05		4:02AM 1.56	1:37PM 1.87		4:22AM 1.37	2:27PM 2.21		5:30AM 1.93	2:25PM 1.24		4:38AM 0.39	4:32PM 1.39		5:31AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			7:46PM -0.11	7:18AM 1.32		8:54PM -0.07	7:29AM 1.18		9:08PM 0.01	8:20AM 1.20		8:45PM 0.03	8:40AM 1.09		9:54PM 0.61	10:53AM 1.20		9:40PM 0.55	10:21AM -0.03		10:12PM 0.23	11:54AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	11	12	13	16	9	15	20	20	9	21	13	12	11	11	12	16	16	13	14
Low °C	9	10	9	10	11	12	14	9	14	19	20	8	21	11	11	10	11	10	14	14	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	9	12	11	16	8	14	20	20	7	21	12	9	11	11	12	16	15	13	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	12	14	11	10	10	9	16	9	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	6	12	12	12	15	14	18	7	16	9	15	9	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	5	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	7	8

	Saturday 22						Sunday 23								Monday 24
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6513	6147	5651	5180	5101	5272	5149	5005	5329	5060	4348	4964	4991	3458	3153	3072	3383	3174	2040	4580	1189	1138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:27PM 2.52					2:28AM 1.58			12:14PM 2.04					3:09AM 1.90			10:47AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)	6:41AM 1.27	7:08AM 1.06				8:14PM -0.11								7:45PM 0.37			5:19AM 1.04				6:51PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	10	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	11	12	11	10	12	12	10	11	17	19	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	6	10	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	11	12	9	8	11	12	10	10	17	19	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	13	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	13	16	-	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	14	5	5

	Saturday 22																			Sunday 23
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	6342	6728	6513	6350	5887	6147	6517	6434	5651	6251	5230	6130	6051	4990	4990	4837	4088	4572	2772	3767	2020	1990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								11:56AM 2.14	12:27PM 2.52													1:50AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			6:41AM 1.27													7:36PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	7	7	8	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	9	13	13
Chill °C (?)	6	7	6	6	7	10	10	9	12	9	10	11	10	8	9	10	14	14	14	7	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	13	16	16	16	15	16	16	-	15	14	14	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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