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

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fort. Ebey Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	1.3 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	15	12	14	12	12	9	14	11	12	13	13	12	8	11	10	13	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1769	1471	1952	1573	445	891	480	269	982	1188	2160	1498	797	665	578	357	283	435	1365	3104	3119	2636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:52AM 1.86		10:23PM 1.32	8:40AM 2.05		11:20PM 1.37	9:26AM 2.08		11:51PM 1.62	8:46AM 2.43		10:51PM 1.46	9:34AM 2.30		3:03AM 2.12	9:42AM 2.08		12:56AM 1.48	11:06AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 0.78		2:42PM -0.04	2:26AM 0.88		3:48PM -0.52	3:16AM 0.96		4:54PM -0.19	3:57AM 1.23		4:13PM -0.08	3:12AM 1.03		5:34PM -0.00	8:14PM -0.49		5:58PM 0.18		5:03AM 1.27	6:39PM 0.46	11:19PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	16	16	10	17	7	18	10	12	11	10	15	15	16	13	19	15	14	14	14	14
Low °C	9	12	16	15	10	17	7	15	9	11	10	10	14	15	15	13	16	13	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	16	16	10	16	5	18	6	10	10	10	14	15	16	12	19	15	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:16	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	12	14	12	12	9	9	11	12	7	13	12	8	11	10	13	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 W	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	6	14	-	6	12	14	14	13	13	9	7	10	12	12	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	11
Energy(?)	2049	3028	3058	1715	1841	1471	1288	1137	1514	1145	1573	1293	1167	1019	703	537	605	810	508	501	673	970
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						7:56AM 1.98				9:56PM 1.59				7:14AM 2.47				9:01PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			12:53AM 0.97	1:36AM 0.78				3:00PM -0.42			12:50AM 0.87									1:39AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	13	10	13	10	9	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	10	18	16	16	16	19	7
Chill °C (?)	13	9	12	8	7	11	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	9	18	16	16	16	19	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:50
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	8	11	9	11	11	11	11	9	8	14	14	12	14	7	-	13	16	7	13	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	11

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Casas Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	14	17	16	16	16	17	13
Energy(?)	2094	2794	2902	2049	2003	2002	1977	1980	2613	2373	2439	2383	2325	2297	2452	1543	1256	2238	2050	1636	1632	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)						9:21PM 1.24									6:51AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)										1:25AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	14	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	8	17	16	16	17	20	7
Chill °C (?)	14	10	13	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	5	17	15	15	16	20	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	14	17	16	16	16	17	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	6	11	10	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	11	-

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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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