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

	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	12	14	11	12	14	14	14	13	7	7	22	20	18	18	17	16	15	15
Energy(?)	621	521	590	742	1546	2285	2256	872	2091	1182	585	347	528	1015	987	2560	2562	3230	3637	2361	1955	1512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 1.75	3:19PM 2.14		5:58AM 2.06	4:27PM 2.00		6:24AM 2.22	5:53PM 2.01		6:26AM 2.37	6:23PM 1.91		7:02AM 2.52		7:23PM 1.26	8:09AM 2.26		9:25PM 1.58	8:25AM 2.38		10:51PM 2.05	8:36AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 0.18	11:16AM 1.28		11:46PM 1.12	12:25PM 1.17		12:20AM 0.42	12:53PM 1.17		12:18AM 0.95		1:49PM 0.37	12:39AM 0.52		2:23PM 0.06	2:28AM 0.68		2:59PM -0.20	3:46AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	12	14	14	14	11	18	14	14	17	12	20	15	7	12	10	17	18	16	10	16
Low °C	9	10	10	13	13	11	11	16	13	12	15	10	17	13	7	11	9	16	18	15	8	12
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	13	13	13	9	18	13	14	17	12	20	14	6	12	8	17	18	16	8	15
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	4:38	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	12	14	11	12	10	14	14	13	14	13	11	20	18	18	17	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	18	16	13	14	15	14	16	15	15	13	13	22	11	10	11	12	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	9	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	12	12	11	11	12	14	10
Energy(?)	1179	1241	989	707	568	1446	1292	1019	1023	658	706	745	1421	4088	3381	3517	2050	2561	2107	3272	1125	1677
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:13AM 1.98			3:46PM 3.03					5:13AM 2.13			3:38PM 1.62					5:51AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				9:58AM 1.37					10:40PM 0.18				10:29AM 1.61				10:25PM 0.21				12:33PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	2	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	9	9	10	11	9	9	8	9	11	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	20	7	7	9	10	7	6	5	7	10	11	13	12	13	11	11	10	11	9	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	12	12	11	11	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	6	18	18	18	17	16	13	11	13	11	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	2	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	13	10
Energy(?)	1078	1587	1596	1541	1449	561	884	650	989	387	417	403	428	436	385	446	331	425	391	261	826	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							4:46AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)												9:10AM 1.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	20	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	7	8	10	12	13	14	12	13	12	13	12	14	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	7	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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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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