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 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	9	9	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 SW	6.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	9	16	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	989	1294	1258	1371	1373	4747	3023	2885	2864	1252	1460	871	1456	915	783	2049	2247	21075	13541	11392	6571	2164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:34PM 1.89	8:16AM 1.77		10:30PM 1.92	10:00AM 2.54		11:19PM 1.95	9:34AM 2.60		11:11PM 2.13	10:04AM 2.63		11:56PM 1.66	11:55AM 2.67		12:51AM 1.84	10:07AM 1.74		12:49AM 1.32	10:15AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		1:39PM 0.69	3:08AM 0.69		4:15PM 0.27	3:47AM 0.83		4:53PM 0.11			4:35PM 0.38		4:09AM 1.38	5:35PM -0.14		5:46AM 1.23	5:21PM -0.11		4:36AM 0.98	5:25PM -0.11		4:14AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	28	2	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	13	14	11	14	13	13	11	12	8	10	9	9	13	11	10	15	16	15	12
Low °C	14	12	12	13	13	10	13	13	11	9	10	5	7	7	7	11	8	9	13	15	13	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	13	8	13	11	11	10	9	7	9	7	6	11	10	8	15	15	13	12
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	4:47	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	2.2 WNW	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 SW	6.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	11	16	11	14	11	14	12	9	16	16	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	13	18	18	12	12	12	16	16	14	7	12	13	13	13	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 S	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	11	-	-	3	2	6	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 15						Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	11	13	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1390	1059	1075	1382	1383	1400	1419	1512	1659	1371	1453	1501	1862	3391	4158	3571	5632	3742	2102	3010	4383	4804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:00AM 1.97					9:34PM 1.89				8:38AM 2.53								9:27AM 2.31				9:53PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				2:17PM 0.37				3:08AM 0.69				3:25PM 0.67				3:57AM 0.81				3:10PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	7	1	4	2	1	1	-	2
Temp. °C	16	17	15	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	13	10	15	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	8	12	7	15	13	11	10
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	11	14	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	1.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	19	13	19	14	18	13	18	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	4.5 NW	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	14	-	11	-	12	11	11	11

	Saturday 15																			Sunday 16
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Port Orford Oregon South	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1419	1495	939	1069	972	960	1024	1009	1075	942	1017	980	1101	1352	1115	1328	1430	1261	728	1006	1927	697
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)				7:47AM 1.72	8:59AM 2.42												8:18PM 1.30	9:01PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)											2:45PM 0.86											1:07AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	16	16	12	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	11	10	12	12	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	15	15	8	8	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	-	-	1.7 NW	0.5 N	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	7	3	7	7	11	-

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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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