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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	Wed		Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	5	9	8	6	5	5	8	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	13	14	9	14	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	9	13	13	12	9
Energy(?)	790	1297	4026	7884	3414	4811	2625	4069	5785	5173	4984	4794	3740	3738	2045	2786	1054	799	948	1018	684	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 1.88	9:09AM 2.12		11:36PM 1.53	11:08AM 2.62		2:06AM 1.99	12:27PM 2.52		2:49AM 1.96			3:13AM 1.56	11:26AM 1.95		3:23AM 1.51	12:07PM 1.86			5:13AM 1.98	3:28PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	6:00PM -0.10			4:38PM 0.23	3:37AM 1.27	5:20AM 1.50		7:09PM -0.14	6:41AM 1.27		7:46PM -0.11	7:18AM 1.32		8:01PM -0.14	5:20AM 1.41	6:57PM 0.39	7:29PM 0.36	6:16AM 1.45		9:53PM 0.09	9:58AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	10	11	12	14	11	10	13	12	11	11	15	13	18	15	13	16	16	13	18	8
Low °C	12	9	9	11	11	13	9	9	11	11	11	11	14	13	15	12	11	13	14	11	14	8
Chill °C (?)	12	6	8	9	10	13	11	10	13	12	10	11	15	12	18	14	13	16	15	13	18	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W
Period (s)	12	10	13	14	10	14	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	9	13	13	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.2 S	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	13	11	14	13	13	13	-	16	16	14	13	13	15	12	7	13	13	12	12	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 NNE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	9	-	3	5

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	10	10	13	10	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	1094	1031	662	625	761	1100	2093	4026	7244	10050	9363	7956	7494	6494	5225	5119	4203	3800	3234	3558	3863	6490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:55AM 2.58				10:49PM 1.55				11:24AM 2.58					1:04AM 1.63		9:07AM 2.10						2:14AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			4:01PM 0.25				5:32AM 1.14				6:34PM -0.14								5:18PM 0.23	7:09PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	12	13	12	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	11	14	14	14	13	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	12	13	12	8	7	7	8	9	7	8	7	6	10	12	13	13	12	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	10	10	13	10	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	6	13	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19													Thursday 20
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 SW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	11	11	13	10	13	12	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1175	1250	868	838	873	732	796	900	800	782	778	850	652	969	761	601	732	703	609	2175	2093	2353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:55AM 2.58	11:03AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)								6:00PM -0.10										3:05AM 1.22		5:32AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	9	10	13	13	13	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	8	12	13	12	13	8	7	6	7	7	6	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	13	12	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	4	16	16	16	15	14	5	16	14	14	15	15	15	6	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6

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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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