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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	7	7	8	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	16	12	18	16	16	16	16	14	13	11	14	14	13	14	13	12	17	16
Energy(?)	1476	3540	934	1517	2335	2733	6067	7749	5705	5258	4270	1803	1359	783	2707	4040	2865	2815	2594	2711	4330	6254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:47PM 1.58	8:22AM 1.96		12:26AM 2.10	11:16AM 2.93		11:24PM 1.44	10:03AM 1.83		11:35PM 1.77	12:27PM 2.24		1:45AM 2.00	12:54PM 2.56		1:52AM 2.14		1:42PM 1.94	2:49AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46PM -0.37	2:04AM 1.16		5:33PM -0.43		5:19AM 1.01	4:12PM -0.39		4:06AM 0.70	4:50PM -0.31		6:32AM 0.66		7:08PM -0.23	7:02AM 1.02		7:23PM -0.01	8:10AM 0.52		8:15PM 0.17	9:00AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	12	17	21	15	14	13	14	15	15	17	14	21	15	14	16	16	13	17	14	20	21
Low °C	17	11	15	21	14	11	12	12	14	14	16	12	18	14	11	14	15	10	13	12	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	10	17	21	14	13	11	14	14	15	17	13	21	14	14	16	16	12	17	14	20	21
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	16	12	18	16	16	16	16	14	13	11	14	14	13	14	13	12	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	15	16	15	19	10	15	11	13	13	7	12	18	12	19	18	16	15	-	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 30						Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	16	14	15	15	15	18	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1673	1476	1736	1043	3295	3064	2542	1053	1112	1218	1245	1765	3069	3996	3627	3350	3480	6067	6098	6043	8065	7786
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:26AM 1.95					11:38PM 2.11			8:22AM 1.96					12:00AM 1.78				10:50AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)				2:46PM -0.37	4:47PM -0.37			2:24AM 0.91				3:43PM -0.05	5:10PM -0.49				4:28AM 1.32				5:53PM -0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	21	20	11	12	13	16	15	18	21	21	14	11	13	12	10	12	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	17	21	20	9	11	12	16	15	18	21	21	14	10	12	11	9	10	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	15	15	15	18	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	20	19	15	19	18	18	18	16	-	13	12	12	11	11	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 30																			Saturday 31
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1841	1636	2388	1508	2908	3734	3349	1332	1208	1190	1174	1586	2015	3272	2160	2140	2139	1902	2175	1842	2100	2033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:26AM 1.95		9:33AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)											2:46PM -0.37		4:23PM -0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	18	14	13	13	13	19	20	20	20	21	14	11	14	12	12	14	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	13	10	10	11	19	20	20	20	21	14	9	14	12	12	14	12	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	0.3 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	12	16	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	16	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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