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

	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	6	4	3	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	9	10	11	12	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	17	10	10	9	10	17
Energy(?)	2510	3557	798	1308	214	617	1203	2901	1197	3525	2128	1523	1980	430	762	489	368	357	331	425	162	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:51PM 1.99			12:34AM 1.58	12:59PM 1.19		1:04AM 2.01		3:23PM 1.06	1:12AM 1.98		3:24PM 1.22		4:11AM 2.23		7:10PM 1.56	5:34AM 2.30		8:44PM 1.62	6:52AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51AM 0.57	7:24AM 0.35	5:45PM 0.26		6:42AM 0.24	6:16PM 0.46		7:53AM 0.20			9:24AM 0.55	6:55PM 1.11	9:44PM 0.85	11:45AM 0.02		11:40PM 1.01		1:17PM 0.02	1:09AM 1.08		3:51PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	3	2	-	2	2	17	2	5	17	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	12	5	10	11	8	7	9	13	14	14	16	14	14	8	16	17	8	21	27
Low °C	9	9	6	11	4	7	10	5	6	8	12	13	13	15	13	14	5	15	13	7	19	27
Chill °C (?)	6	5	8	10	2	7	8	4	5	6	11	12	12	16	13	13	8	16	17	7	21	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	10	11	6	10	11	12	13	11	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	11	15	14	9	12	12	16	15	13	13	12	-	12	12	11	8	8	8	15	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	3	3	3	4	3	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 19				Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th 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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1748	1538	1406	6239	5033	3875	1072	1534	827	531	1057	601	677	516	779	1212	1276	1203	1109	3079	2169	2195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:05AM 1.50				11:39AM 1.29	1:06PM 1.32			11:47PM 1.92	2:04AM 2.16				2:50PM 1.96				3:38AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 0.34	6:51PM 0.09				5:50AM 0.32				5:20PM 0.62					8:57AM 0.30				9:10PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	5	8	8	7	7	10	11	10	11	9	9	6	6	5	5	11	10	5	9	5
Chill °C (?)	13	13	2	6	6	5	6	9	11	9	9	9	8	2	2	0	1	8	7	2	6	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	14	14	14	9	13	9	12	12	14	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	2.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	4	3	3	4	3	3

	Thursday 19	Friday 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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th 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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 W	1.9 NW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1868	1868	1666	2368	2435	2510	2559	4039	2771	3698	3617	3843	3526	2170	2002	769	667	907	840	597	709	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:33PM 2.08														2:09AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)								5:31PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	6	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	11	9	11	5	4	2	3	4	3	3	3	4
Chill °C (?)	15	15	4	6	8	6	6	5	6	4	8	5	8	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	10	9	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 W	0.1 SW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	15	15	12	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	11	11	11	15	15	10	11	14	14	10	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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