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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	0.6 S	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	9	10	11	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	10	10	11	10	10	16	15	11	10
Energy(?)	385	320	681	605	951	1414	576	1848	1700	2079	1349	948	1766	940	552	687	442	394	370	540	1157	1702
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.94		9:44PM 1.92	10:34AM 2.45		8:52PM 2.03	12:00PM 2.81		8:53PM 1.57	8:38AM 1.87		9:35PM 1.43	12:50PM 1.99		10:06PM 1.05	9:34AM 1.79		11:28PM 1.16	9:59AM 1.71			10:57AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 0.31	3:51AM 0.54		6:36PM 0.04	2:43AM 0.43	5:50AM 0.77	2:40PM 0.07	2:31AM 0.46		3:19PM 0.04	2:56AM 0.58	7:00AM 0.62	4:02PM 0.09	3:14AM 0.39		4:49PM 0.21	3:33AM 0.94		5:47PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	20	30	28	30	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	22	30	28	23	16	28	14	30	14	14
Low °C	19	29	26	28	28	25	26	29	25	29	29	25	22	29	26	23	13	27	11	30	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	30	28	30	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	22	30	28	23	16	28	14	30	12	13
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 S	1.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	11	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	10	10	11	10	10	7	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	7	16	14	16	16	15	14	14	9	18	6	7	12	12	6	14	8	10	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

	Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	2.0 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 NW	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	8	10	8	16	9	9	10	10	8	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1154	1082	559	527	430	540	576	602	681	716	526	605	643	951	984	1533	2051	1301	1331	1627	2499	1593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:05AM 2.32	11:48AM 2.43						7:47AM 1.74		11:07AM 1.80			8:12PM 1.66				8:20AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		4:04AM 0.12				2:03PM 0.44	5:03PM 0.78		1:39AM 0.27					2:03PM 0.18				2:16AM 0.40				2:51PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	1	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	16	13	17	18	20	20	15	27	26	27	28	30	19	28	26	26	27	25	26	28	29	27
Chill °C (?)	16	12	17	18	20	20	15	27	26	27	28	30	19	28	26	26	27	25	26	28	29	27
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 S	2.0 NW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 NW	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	8	16	8	9	9	9	10	10	8	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	18	12	12	11	9	17	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	13	16	20	20	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Sunday 05
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	11	7	16	16	16	15	15	18	9	15	9	15	19	19	15	15	15
Energy(?)	702	1275	1154	691	382	678	413	225	224	224	254	254	337	231	174	246	324	428	428	385	387	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)									7:26AM 1.62												7:42PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)															1:27PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	16	14	12	19	12	27	28	29	30	30	16	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	15	13	16	14	11	19	11	27	28	29	30	30	15	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.9 NNW	0.9 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	12	7	6	6	6	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	12	12	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	12	18	12	16	16	16	7	7	11	7	15	7	7	15	15	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	11	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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