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

	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	11	13	14	6	13	16	7	16	18	16	18	16	16	16	16	11	9	15
Energy(?)	842	838	588	563	786	354	128	545	458	346	276	198	920	399	537	866	806	736	408	1212	1345	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.95	3:54PM 1.81	1:49AM 1.73	11:33AM 1.28		9:44PM 1.56	11:11AM 0.95		2:01AM 1.81		6:29PM 1.86	3:48AM 1.54			8:04PM 4:20AM 0.98 1.22			4:12AM 1.59	5:42AM 1.72	7:57PM 1.58		9:15AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)				5:23AM 0.47	3:17PM 0.77		5:03AM 0.47	3:08PM 0.82		7:16AM 0.71		9:46PM 1.04	8:19AM 0.67		10:31PM 0.97	12:53PM 0.12		10:53PM 1.37	1:17PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	23	14	18	18	23	20	17	28	22	7	28	19	15	28	14	12	19	14	10	15
Low °C	20	27	20	13	17	17	18	20	16	26	21	5	25	19	14	25	13	10	14	12	10	15
Chill °C (?)	25	27	23	14	17	17	23	20	16	28	22	4	28	19	15	28	14	11	19	13	8	15
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	11	14	13	14	14	13	6	13	9	18	16	18	16	9	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	9	5	15	20	13	11	18	11	12	16	11	5	12	8	12	16	12	13	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	-	0.7 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	11	5	6	6	7	6	7	-	5	6	-	12	-	9	-	11	9	5

	Sunday 05						Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	2.2 WNW	0.9 S	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	11	15	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	6	12	8
Energy(?)	528	769	713	624	688	679	626	626	813	600	328	513	617	530	597	512	510	506	168	503	502	1471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)						9:29PM 1.63						3:48PM 1.26		9:44PM 1.56	1:00AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	5:47AM 0.01	9:20AM -0.05		3:51PM 0.88				4:30AM 0.36														10:30PM 1.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	16	28	25	25	24	24	16	27	16	13	25	26	13	12	12	18	21	25	26	8
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	28	25	25	24	24	16	27	16	13	25	26	12	11	12	17	21	25	26	6
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	12	14	11	15	13	13	6	6	14	13	14	14	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	1.0 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	17	17	11	21	7	4	7	15	20	15	11	19	19	14	14	10	12	10	18	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	-	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	4	4	-	4	10	-	-	6	3	6	6	-	6	4	6	7	8

	Sunday 05																		Monday 06
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	1.3 S	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	18	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	12	12	14	14	16	16	12	14	16	15	14	17
Energy(?)	528	634	509	849	823	812	812	812	625	833	557	791	827	801	729	479	741	639	174	76	626	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)						10:13AM 1.21					3:11PM 2.08							10:29PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	5:47AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	12	15	22	27	27	28	28	21	28	17	17	27	25	16	16	15	19	15	19	24	10
Chill °C (?)	20	12	15	22	27	27	28	28	21	28	17	17	27	25	15	16	15	19	15	19	24	9
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	1.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 S	0.9 W
Period (s)	16	12	10	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	12	12	14	14	16	16	12	14	10	15	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 NNW	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	18	11	7	6	7	7	10	20	7	16	9	21	10	10	16	10	16	15	4	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	11	-	-	6	3	10	-	-	5	-	4	4	5

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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