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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	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Casas Baja Norte	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	La Push Washington	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.5 W	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	16	10	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	692	222	586	339	629	519	610	1778	1990	744	845	688	319	305	474	1157	885	1640	1358	575	859	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 1.36	5:06PM 1.39		7:46AM 1.30	7:47PM 2.04		10:43AM 2.24	7:36PM 1.76		8:37AM 1.48			12:14PM 2.07		8:52PM 2.05	10:42AM 1.52		12:01AM 1.74	12:16PM 1.69		12:22AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:14AM 0.40	12:25PM 1.12		2:12AM 0.26	12:59PM 0.67		1:10AM 0.24			2:27AM -0.08		2:21PM 0.40	1:51AM 0.23	5:56AM -0.02	4:09PM 0.77	3:11AM 0.39		5:39PM 0.34		5:50AM 0.30	6:19PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	2	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	21	21	26	15	26	25	19	19	16	13	18	18	14	17	18	16	21	20	19	14	20	16
Low °C	19	17	25	14	23	22	16	16	16	10	16	17	12	14	17	16	15	19	18	13	19	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	26	15	26	25	19	19	15	11	18	18	14	17	18	15	21	20	19	11	20	16
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 S	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	6	16	10	15	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	13	9	10	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	19	8	12	13	10	16	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	6	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	1.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	11	8	5	10	-

	Mon		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Celestino Sinaloa	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	18	18	18	15	11	16	16	16	16	15	10	15	15	15	7	11	8	10	10
Energy(?)	1066	1003	1116	563	594	659	870	511	523	573	577	572	898	553	567	603	529	1225	1074	2226	1956	1213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:19AM 1.19	8:28AM 1.58			5:54PM 1.65				7:30AM 1.30	10:25AM 1.76			7:42PM 1.70	8:38PM 1.77				10:09AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			11:55PM 0.35				12:25PM 1.12				1:18AM -0.07				1:51PM 1.14					3:33AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	27	28	21	23	25	28	21	22	23	23	23	29	18	22	24	17	17	13	15	14	19
Chill °C (?)	22	27	28	21	23	25	28	21	22	23	23	23	29	18	22	24	17	17	12	15	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 NW	0.7 S	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	18	16	16	8	18	9	15	11	16	16	16	16	15	10	15	15	15	7	15	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	8	10	13	18	7	18	12	16	16	12	8	12	11	6	10	12	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSE	-	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	7	11	8	-	-

	Monday 15						Tuesday 16
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Celestino Sinaloa	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	10	19	10	16	8	18	18	18	18	16	12	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	1115	955	1162	776	466	751	975	364	615	608	606	614	1068	239	636	737	599	600	520	552	565	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:22PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	28	28	20	22	20	27	16	23	23	23	23	28	13	23	23	25	22	18	21	17	23
Chill °C (?)	22	28	28	20	22	20	27	16	23	23	23	23	28	12	23	23	25	22	18	21	17	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	10	19	10	16	8	18	18	18	18	16	12	10	17	18	9	18	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	20	13	20	7	9	13	13	13	13	8	6	18	11	10	18	9	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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