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

	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	2.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.7 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	14	13	12	12	18	12	18	11	14	11	16	11	8	10	10	9	9	9	14	14
Energy(?)	171	265	734	1423	1570	1329	520	1159	742	1420	621	2292	455	1454	1295	1097	588	952	549	687	704	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:06AM 1.30	3:01PM 2.00	2:03AM 2.58		3:50PM 1.68	3:06AM 2.64		5:16PM 1.85	4:00AM 2.49		5:47PM 2.10	4:18AM 2.52		6:49PM 1.25			7:22PM 1.23		6:31AM 1.42	6:15PM 1.34		5:30AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)			8:09PM 0.74	8:42AM 0.03		9:04PM 0.89	10:49AM -0.39		10:00PM 1.00	11:12AM -0.30		10:28PM 1.58	11:24AM 0.28		11:27PM 1.41	12:06PM -0.16		12:53AM 0.73	1:29PM -0.05		12:03AM 0.80	11:59AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	4	1	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	10	13	12	26	16	17	9	11	9	17	12	10	13	14	12	11	11	10	10
Low °C	12	15	11	10	12	10	24	15	16	9	10	8	15	12	9	10	14	9	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	8	12	11	26	15	16	8	10	7	17	10	7	12	14	12	10	9	8	8
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	0.8 NW	2.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.2 W	2.3 NW	1.5 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	14	13	12	12	18	12	14	11	14	11	7	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	8	7	6	13	13	12	18	6	8	13	16	12	12	12	15	14	16	16	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	9	8	8	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	17	16
Energy(?)	320	203	260	418	584	588	1031	1153	1205	1349	1360	1338	1392	1483	1050	1202	1050	768	700	560	555	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				2:27PM 2.26				2:19AM 2.73				3:28PM 2.18			1:39AM 2.43							10:23PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27AM -0.52			7:48PM 0.82	8:17PM 0.76				9:17AM -0.51			7:33PM 1.32					9:14AM -0.39		3:31PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	1	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	14	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	11	14	14	12	11	28	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	13	15	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	9	10	11	9	14	13	11	11	28	24	23
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	8	9	9	14	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	18	15	14	14	12	15	14	8	8	7	7	13	6	13	13	12	12	6	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	3	6	4	4	5

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	18	8	7	14	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	8	8	16	16	16
Energy(?)	321	99	91	122	259	195	248	266	280	282	418	418	343	450	403	164	196	488	483	362	359	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														6:46PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	11	12	13	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	11	12	12	15	14	13	15	16	12	14	14	13	11	12	13	13	11	10	21	21	21
Sunrise	5:54	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	8	7	14	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	8	8	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	15	8	6	14	12	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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