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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	18	18	18	18	18	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	960	1325	1874	1197	675	358	681	1774	1882	1054	591	1081	448	313	509	632	479	520	603	786	1595	1519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:25AM 1.51	7:46PM 1.37		7:00AM 1.62		10:17PM 1.74	7:35AM 1.69		8:15PM 1.58	8:10AM 1.71		8:34PM 1.67	9:18AM 2.00		11:31PM 2.06	9:22AM 1.57		2:15AM 2.65		3:09PM 2.15	2:42AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 0.86	1:18PM 0.23		1:08AM 0.70	1:39PM 0.18	3:50PM 0.37	3:44AM 0.90		2:01PM 0.18	2:06AM 0.39		2:24PM 0.23	2:39AM 0.27		5:09PM 0.05			3:10PM 0.41	8:03PM 0.36	8:50AM -0.14		8:34PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	27	27	20	25	16	14	9	15	14	22	17	16	27	17	14	24	26	17	18	19	13
Low °C	15	25	26	18	21	15	13	9	14	12	17	16	15	24	16	11	19	24	15	14	18	12
Chill °C (?)	15	27	27	20	25	16	14	9	15	13	22	17	16	27	17	14	24	26	17	18	18	12
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 NW	1.1 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	8	18	18	18	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	10	10	12	12	11	10	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	14	9	18	13	18	-	17	16	15	15	15	13	11	12	6	16	15	15	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	-

	Sat		Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	18	16	16	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1350	1268	1246	1278	1426	1070	1104	1874	1852	1501	1246	1108	1271	1036	648	722	1096	1068	1068	1177	1307	1088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:42PM 1.28				6:25AM 1.51	8:12AM 1.95			7:46PM 1.37				7:00AM 1.62				7:58PM 1.47		12:22AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 0.86								1:08AM 0.70					3:50PM 0.37					5:59AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	25	21	27	26	23	23	22	23	24	22	27	24	23	22	11	11	12	16
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	25	21	27	26	23	23	22	23	24	22	27	24	23	22	10	11	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	20	20	20	19	19	7	8	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	8	16	16	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	9	20	14	14	14	12	14	4	9	8	18	13	13	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	20	20	8	7	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	18	18	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1127	1204	1350	1336	1268	758	991	1286	1246	1236	1340	1278	1305	832	679	1122	1308	1325	246	243	222	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:42PM 1.28											6:47AM 1.90		8:12AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)								12:43AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	23	23	23	15	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	18	15	18	27	27	8	9	10	15
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	23	23	14	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	18	15	18	27	27	6	8	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	20	11	8	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	8	8	18	18	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	20	10	12	12	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-

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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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