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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 NW	1.3 W	1.6 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	897	1744	880	638	828	1969	3041	738	2140	1515	1192	403	846	672	644	1420	1664	1893	1853	1501	1891	1617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:55PM 1.41	8:21AM 1.72		11:41PM 1.31	9:40AM 1.89		11:29PM 1.52	9:25AM 2.17		11:55PM 1.08	10:01AM 2.15		1:37AM 1.38	11:26AM 1.84		2:20AM 1.77	11:59AM 2.16		2:44AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07PM -0.04	3:16AM 1.03		4:31PM -0.12	3:35AM 1.01		5:06PM -0.15	3:16AM 1.29		5:04PM 0.16	3:31AM 0.91		5:42PM 0.18		5:37AM 1.03	6:54PM -0.14	7:22PM -0.16	6:16AM 1.44		7:30PM -0.09	8:32AM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	45	11	-	3	-	-	9	-	2	6	1	-	2	1	2	28	-
High °C	22	12	16	20	15	14	14	18	8	9	8	16	13	16	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	11
Low °C	18	10	15	18	14	13	12	16	7	8	6	15	13	15	10	11	10	8	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	22	11	16	20	14	11	13	18	6	8	7	14	12	16	8	10	11	7	6	8	9	10
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 NW	1.3 W	1.6 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	11	11	12	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	11	10	12	12	-	14	12	10	12	12	12	8	11	10	8	8	18	18	16	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	-	0.6 NW	-	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	9	10	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11

	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 NW	2.2 W	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	13	11	10
Energy(?)	1068	1215	1657	2140	1989	2089	1873	1682	1031	1017	1440	1574	812	668	1194	1341	1402	1798	1428	2446	2250	1585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:41AM 1.99					11:03PM 1.28			8:14AM 2.14					11:48PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				3:16PM -0.09				2:56AM 0.99				3:44PM -0.16				3:35AM 1.01					5:06PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	6	1	1	-
Temp. °C	17	14	14	22	10	10	10	11	16	19	24	20	17	17	14	14	13	12	14	12	14	9
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	22	9	10	10	10	16	19	24	20	17	17	13	13	11	12	13	12	14	8
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 W	1.5 NW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 NW
Period (s)	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 W	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	14	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	7	12	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	12	12	5	4	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 W	1.6 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1083	1626	1687	909	1638	1628	1663	1672	801	833	712	1007	816	755	2045	2078	2055	1595	1398	2050	1873	2020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:52AM 1.68	8:31AM 1.86														10:46PM 1.67	11:39PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)												3:10PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	21	21	23	21	17	16	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	7
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	15	13	11	11	10	21	21	23	21	16	15	11	9	10	9	9	10	10	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 W	1.6 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.1 NW	1.6 W	0.4 SW	1.5 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	15	15	15	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	14	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	1.4 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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