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

	Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Fri
	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	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	5	7	4	8	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	1.8 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	7	11	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	10	13	13	12	11	12	10	8	10
Energy	2131	1318	1909	1771	914	3190	6295	1933	7955	1876	940	1437	2174	1004	3218	1081	1595	1540	686	1183	1950	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 1.18		9:40PM 1.80	11:53AM 1.23		10:21PM 1.87	12:52PM 1.26		10:59PM 2.45	1:32PM 1.60		11:50PM 2.39			1:38AM 1.93		4:18PM 1.30	2:30AM 1.78		5:18PM 1.34	3:36AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22PM 0.63	4:35AM -0.48		3:15PM 0.99		5:22AM -0.56	3:53PM 0.64		6:34AM -0.11	5:48PM 1.25		8:11AM -0.66	5:53PM 1.23		8:26AM 0.02		8:33PM 0.83	8:58AM 0.17		9:53PM 0.81	10:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	16	17	22	13	16	21	15	19	24	15	18	18	14	25	19	14	17	18	13	15
Low °C	11	21	10	11	22	9	11	21	13	18	23	14	12	17	13	23	18	12	15	18	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	21	15	17	22	11	16	21	14	19	24	14	18	18	14	25	19	14	17	18	12	15
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.3 SSW	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	9	15	15	14	14	14	12	13	12	11	12	10	16	10	13	13	12	11	12	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 NW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	1.0 NNW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	17	15	15	16	13	16	10	15	9	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	1.6 WNW	4.0 NW	-	1.9 WNW	-	2.2 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	7	11	12	13	12	-	11	-	14	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Friday 15								Saturday 16								Sunday 17
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Marina CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	9	9	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	1061	1134	1159	2131	1013	1318	1378	3085	1909	4031	1905	1771	1399	914	1471	5996	3190	8413	8780	6295	2262	1933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:53AM 1.18				9:39PM 2.38								10:31PM 1.78					12:52PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51AM -0.32				3:22PM 0.63				4:58AM 0.01				3:15PM 0.99					5:32AM -0.49			3:53PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	11	16	21	21	16	10	10	10	11	17	22	22	16	10	10	9	14	16	20	21
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	16	21	21	16	10	9	10	10	17	22	22	16	10	10	9	13	16	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	3.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	15	15	15	10	15	10	15	14	14	14	7	11	14	12	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	18	16	16	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	13

	Friday 15
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	9	9	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10
Energy	2475	2353	1061	1074	1137	1134	1134	1159	1159	1086	2403	1124	2157	1042	1013	1120	1214	1318	870	1356	1378	2118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					3:51AM -0.32												3:22PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	15	14	18	20	21	21	22	21	21	19	16	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	15	14	18	20	21	21	22	21	21	19	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	17	17	16	18	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10

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